Proxy Votes at AGMs

[royleon]

I have a flat in a block with many absent owners and the president of the comunidad holds lots of proxy votes, giving him a majority for any decisions. So what he wants, he gets. Is there any way to stop this? Under law Is there a maximum percentage any one person can hold in the form of proxies?

Hola,
I have just logged on and registered with your Forum. The reason being is that the above question was precisely what I wanted to ask.
However I cannot find a response from a Legal Beagle. Am I doing something wrong..?
We have precisely the same situation in our Urb. Personally I have no problem with it, as obviously all of the proxy senders have faith in his integrity, as do I. Needless to say there is a small noisy minority that claim that this is illegal. They want an Item on our AGM agenda that limits an owner to holding a maximum of 3 proxies. Their motive is clear, they think that this will limit the number of votes against their plans. Whereas 10 owners holding 3 proxies each against their plans, is the same as the president holding 30 votes.
I would very much appreciate an independent legal opinion.
Thank you in advance
Roy Leon

[Unregistered]

Hola,
I have just logged on and registered with your Forum. The reason being is that the above question was precisely what I wanted to ask.
However I cannot find a response from a Legal Beagle. Am I doing something wrong..?
We have precisely the same situation in our Urb. Personally I have no problem with it, as obviously all of the proxy senders have faith in his integrity, as do I. Needless to say there is a small noisy minority that claim that this is illegal. They want an Item on our AGM agenda that limits an owner to holding a maximum of 3 proxies. Their motive is clear, they think that this will limit the number of votes against their plans. Whereas 10 owners holding 3 proxies each against their plans, is the same as the president holding 30 votes.
I would very much appreciate an independent legal opinion.
Thank you in advance
Roy Leon

Yes please I would like to know if it would be illegal to limit the amount of proxy votes a person holds - I mean could this be put into the community rules, and if it were, would it hold up in court if challenged?

[juliepayne]

Yes please I would like to know if it would be illegal to limit the amount of proxy votes a person holds - I mean could this be put into the community rules, and if it were, would it hold up in court if challenged?

[Patricia]

Hello,

No, the amount of proxys cannot be restricted. And any decision taken in this direction in an AGM is totally void in the eyes of the Law,

The Law does not establish any limitation. Therefore, should 100 owners wish to grant proxy to the President or administrator or any other property owner in the CO or even to a third person alien to the CO; all those proxys would be valid.

Regards,

[Unregistered]

Hello,

No, the amount of proxys cannot be restricted. And any decision taken in this direction in an AGM is totally void in the eyes of the Law,

The Law does not establish any limitation. Therefore, should 100 owners wish to grant proxy to the President or administrator or any other property owner in the CO or even to a third person alien to the CO; all those proxys would be valid.

Regards,

Thank you Patricia for your reply. Happily, it was what I wanted to hear.
Apologies for the delayed appreciation, I have had a virus and lost my login and Bookmarks.
Gratefully
Roy Leon