Section 815

Section 815. Proxies; Written Ballots.

(a)    Voting by proxy shall not be permitted at any meeting of the House of Delegates, the Board of Governors, the council of a Section or Committee, a Committee or any other body or unit existing under the Association.

(b)    The House, the council of a Section or Committee and any Committee may take action by written ballot or by electronic polling on matters requiring action between its meetings.

(c)    The House shall take action by written ballot or by electronic polling on any issuewhere the Board of Governors has voted to create a PBA policy before the next regularly scheduled House of Delegates meeting provided that:

(1)    Fifty members of the House of Delegates request, in the manner prescribed in Section 811, a written ballot be circulated; or
(2)    Eight members of the Board of Governors request, in the manner prescribed in Section 811, a written ballot be circulated.

For the purpose of this section, the term "written ballot" shall include a ballot sent or returned via email.