Category Archives: HOA and Condo Elections

Cumulative Voting in HOAs or Condos – Friend or Foe?

Cumulative voting means that one person can take the number of votes allowed (for example 5 votes in an election for 5 director positions) and put them all on one candidate, distribute them among the candidates, or use 1 vote for each of 5 candidates. Here is a question recently received, and my very short [...]

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Can a Condo Association or HOA Vote By Email?

I get many emails where owners tell me about all sorts of voting shenanigans by homeowner associations and condo associations. Some are asking if voting by email is legal. In California, it is not legal to vote via email, at least as to elections for amendments to the governing documents, to approve special assessments, or [...]

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