Our Chamber officers are not following the bylaws. The bylaws state that a nominating committee should be appointed and a slate of names be submitted for voting by the membership. This was not done last year. The president called individuals she and the VP felt would be good on the Board. No directors or members voted. Recently, other bylaws have been disregarded. What is your advice?
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I am not aware of any way to do litigation economically. Even if you can find a lawyer who will represent you without charge (which itself is often a difficult task), there are court costs, transcript fees, and very large expenditures of emotion and time, often many years of time. In a case like this, where the majority ultimately rules when there are elections, it would be insane to undertake litigation if the majority will reelect the same people in a court-ordered election and then change the bylaws to permit them to function this way. That's why I urge that they count the votes in advance. With a true membership organization, they can probably call a special meeting and throw out the worst of them.
Did you read the question before writing your answer? You recommend voting out Directors when election rules are being ignored? You should be taking a strong ethical stand here that if the officers ignore bylaws there should be legal action if necessary. Teach us how to do it economically.