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Quorum and Voting Requirements. <br /> 1) Except as provided in Paragraph 4 of this Article, each member governmental unit <br /> shall be entitled to one vote on all matters coming before the Board of Delegates or <br /> before any committee to which such member unit is duly appointed.All votes shall be <br /> cast by the delegate,or in his or her absence,by an alternate delegate of the member <br /> government. <br /> 2) The quorum shall be established in the Bylaws. The affirmative vote of a simple <br /> majority of members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be <br /> required for any action or recommendation of the Board or any Committee, unless <br /> this Charter or the Bylaws of the Council require a larger affirmative vote on <br /> particular matters. <br /> 3) Voting shall be by voice,by show of hands,or,upon the request of any three delegates, <br /> by a poll of the delegates. <br /> 4) At the request of any delegate present,any questions shall be determined by weighted <br /> voting.Weighted voting shall mean that each participating member local government <br /> shall have one vote for each 5,000 units of population, as determined by the most <br /> recent decennial census, and for any remaining fraction of 5,000 units within the <br /> geographical boundaries of the participating government, except that any <br /> participating government whose jurisdiction has a population of less than 5,000 shall <br /> have one vote. In the case of any weighted voting question delegates representing <br /> local governments with at least two thirds of the aggregate votes of member local <br /> governments shall be present and participating. An affirmative vote of at least two <br /> thirds of the votes cast shall be required to decide any weighted voting question. <br /> 5) Proxy voting is not allowed. <br /> 6) The provisions in this Article VIII apply to all committees and boards of the Council <br /> except to the extent such committee or board has adopted different measures. <br /> ARTICLE IX <br /> Board of Delegates <br /> 1) At the first regular meeting of the Board of Delegates, and annually thereafter as <br /> provided by the Bylaws, the Board of Delegates shall elect a Chair, a First Vice Chair, <br /> a Second Vice Chair and a Secretary-Treasurer to serve as officers for one year or until <br /> their successors have been duly elected. The Board of Delegates may also elect such <br /> 5 <br />