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160. Voting Requirements

(Am. 3.89, 04.29.21)

Enactment, amendment, or repeal of the By-Laws requires approval by two-thirds of those voting.
Modification of Regulations requires approval of a majority of those voting.
All other business requires a majority of the votes cast.
Abstentions will not count in the calculation of the two-thirds vote required for approval of By-Laws or the majority necessary to pass Regulations, or modification of either.