can the chairperson of a committee vote?

Question

does the chair have a vote or can they only cast a deciding vote if it is tied.

Answer 1

Only if the vote is a tie then the chairman would have the deciding vote

Answer 2

It all depends on what your constitution and articles of association say.

I'm in a committee and because of the way that the articles of
association and the constitution are writin the chairperson is allowed to vote at first and if this comes to a tie including the chairpersons vote.
Then The chairperson is allowed to cast the deciding vote

Answer 3

Depending upon the constitution of the organisation, a chairperson MAY have TWO votes, as a member of the organisation concerned, S/He has an ordinary vote. However, in the event of the committee being equally divided, the Chairperson MAY also invoke the casting vote.

Answer 4

Depending on the constitution of the committee , the chairman has a casting vote if the votes are a even. I have never been in this situation but I believe the convention is that he votes for the motion

Answer 5

Depends entirely on the 'rules' (Constitution or Articles of Association).

In many cases (usually where voting is by 'show of hand') the Chair is expected to abstain from voting unless there is a tie (i.e 'casting vote')

In other cases (usually in where voting is by 'secret ballot') the Chair may vote as normal PLUS holds a 'casting' vote (which may be used only after counting has revealed a tie)

Answer 6

The Chairperson has a vote.....and in the event of the number of votes being then equal.....the Chairperson has a second "casting" vote

Answer 7

Depends on the standing rules of the committee in question, but will almost always have a casting vote.

Answer 8

The rules for this should be set down in your constitution. Within our group the chair has a vote, but in the event of a tie, then he/she has the casting vote. But there are no hard and fast rules as far as I am aware. It is up to each group to decide how they would like to work, and lay this out in their constitution for reference in the event of a dispute.

Answer 9

Depends on the constitution.
Usually with a show of hands vote the Chairman only votes in case of a tie.
On a secret vote the Chairman has a private vote AND a tie breaker vote.
BUT CHECK THE CONSTITUTION.

Answer 10

as far as I am aware the chairperson has the same right to vote as the rest of the committee (they are still one of the committee after all). they usually reserve their vote until last incase there is a tie, due to protocol.