2018 Tennessee Code
Title 48 - Corporations and Associations
Nonprofit Corporations
Chapter 57 - Meetings and Voting
Part 2 - Voting
§ 48-57-206. Voting for directors -- Cumulative voting.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the charter or the bylaws, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the members entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
(b) Members do not have a right to cumulate their votes for directors unless the charter or the bylaws so provide.
(c) If the charter or the bylaws provide for cumulative voting by members, members may so vote, by multiplying the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote, and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two (2) or more candidates.
(d) Members otherwise entitled to vote cumulatively may not vote cumulatively at a particular meeting unless:
(1) The meeting notice or statement accompanying the notice states conspicuously that cumulative voting is authorized; or
(2) A member who has the right to cumulate the member's votes gives notice during the meeting and before the vote is taken of the member's intent to cumulate votes, and if one (1) member gives this notice, all other members participating in the election are entitled to cumulate their votes without giving further notice.
(e) Members may not cumulatively vote if the directors and members are identical.
