PART 3: Section 7. Voting

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7. Voting

7.1 Every member in good standing who has sworn the Freeholder's Oath or the Witan's Oath (Appendix A), and who is thus a trothed Freeholder, is entitled to one vote, save the freyr or freya, or the member acting as chair instead, who is entitled to a second vote in the event of an even tie vote.

7.2 Trothed Freeholders are encouraged and expected to make every effort to attend althing, thing, or a shire moot, but in the case that they cannot, they may cast their votes on regular business, special business or shire business by proxy, as per Section 8.

7.3 A ballot is defined as a vote, or votes, by proxy on special, regular or shire business.

7.4 Business from the floor, which is not special, regular or shire business, that arises spontaneously at althing, thing or shire moot, will not be resolved until all members who are entitled to vote and who did not attend the meeting are polled by mail for proxy votes no later than four weeks after the meeting concludes.

7.5 A poll is defined as a vote by proxy on business from the floor.

7.6 A corporate member may vote by its authorized representative, or by proxy, and is entitled to due notice, and to speak and vote and in all other respects exercise the rights of a member.

7.7 Voting members who attend a thing, althing or shire moot in person, may vote by show of hands, or submit their ballot or poll documents in person.

7.8 Voting members who are not able to attend a thing, althing or shire moot in person, may authorize another voting member to cast votes on behalf of the member-not-attending, only in the event that the member-not-attending:

(a) is fully informed of business to be conducted at the meeting,
(b) has not otherwise voted by proxy using ballots or polls,
(c) has reached an understanding with the member-attending prior to the meeting,
(d) has signed and dated a document naming his or her self and the member-attending, specifically granting that member the right to wield the absentee vote, and
(e) that document is in the possession of the member-attending at the meeting in question, and is submitted to the Freehold writer, or whoever is acting as secretary for the meeting, prior to any business getting underway.

7.9 Any authorization given under 7.8 is a temporary grant that may be carried over if the meeting in question is adjourned to a later date, but which nevertheless expires at the final termination of the meeting, or the adjourned meeting held no later than four weeks after the original meeting was adjourned.