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At a managing committee meeting of Lotus Charitable Trust, 6 members vote for a proposal and 6 against. The code gives the chairperson a casting vote in addition to a vote as a member. The chairperson voted against as a member. What is the correct outcome if the chairperson then uses the casting vote?

The chairperson may exercise the casting vote to break the 6-6 tie, and the proposal is decided accordingly. The code grants a casting vote in addition to the ordinary vote, and it applies only when votes are equal.

  1. AThe chairperson may cast a further vote to decide the tie, and the proposal is decided accordinglyCorrect
  2. BThe proposal is automatically passed because of the tie
  3. CThe chairperson may not vote again, so the proposal fails by default
  4. DThe meeting must be adjourned without any decision

Explanation

Where the code grants both an ordinary vote and a casting vote, the casting vote is used only when votes are equal, to resolve the tie. The tie here is 6-6, so the chair may exercise it. A tie does not pass or fail the motion automatically.

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