Colorado SB-05-100

Colorado Senate Bill 05-100 (now law) contains a, so called, "blanket" requirement for use of a secret ballot for all board member elections. I believe the rationale is to make a secret write-in possible even when there is only one candidate.

I understand a "clean-up" bill that is supposed to fix-up minor discrepancies may remove the blanket requirement and allow board discretion or require a percentage of members to request a secret ballot.

If this passes, I think it is a big step backward for homeowners' rights and a potential victory for oppressive and abusive boards.

Does anyone agree?

Roger, I'm not especially surprised by your reaction.

However,if a secret ballot requirement is in some of the bylaws of the association you manage, then I applaud their authors. I think it is the right thing to do. But I do not think this is the general case. We are not all that fortunate.

I think the authors of SB-100 had good a good and sufficient reason for including this requirement. I do not think it should be removed. Or at least not until we have tried it for a couple of years to see how it works.

I'm going to wait and see what other comments my post attracts (if any) before I go on and on. -- [email protected]