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The annual report and absentee proxy ballots were distributed to all the shareholders for the up
coming annual meeting.
There were quite a few shareholders who misplaced there absentee ballots and were not able to attend
The meeting but wanted their votes to count.
When the onsite manager was asked for additional absentee ballots, he refuse and said one ballot to
each unit was already provided.
When challenged, he contacted his boss who contacted the attorney who said the person requesting the ballots would have to come into the office and that if they were unable to he would have to deliver them personally to the shareholders.
He never forwarded these instructions from the lawyer because he said he was out of the office and did
not have internet access. Therefore no action was taken on the part of the management company to my request for additional ballots.
I told him he should have called his boss who sent him the email him and explained that he was unable to deliver the information to the shareholder and that he should forward the email with these instructions. In addition he wasn't in the office and could not deliver the requested absentee ballots. He did not have a response. I also told him that his actions or lack of, denied shareholders their right to vote.
Can the shareholders contest and call for another vote at t he expense of the property manager?
Thanks
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