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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
With respect to the election of directors:
1. Unless otherwise provided in the articles and subject to subsection 2, directors are elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present and entitled to vote on the election of directors at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
2. Unless otherwise provided in the articles, and except as provided in subsection 4 of section 10-19.1-41, each shareholder entitled to vote for directors has the right to cumulate those votes in all elections of directors by giving written notice of intent to cumulate those votes to any officer of the corporation before the meeting, or to the presiding officer at the meeting at which the election is to occur at any time before the election of directors at the meeting, in which case:
a. The presiding officer at the meeting shall announce, before the election of directors, that shareholders may cumulate their votes; and
b. Each shareholder shall cumulate those votes either by casting for one candidate the number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes represented by the shares entitled to vote, or by distributing all of those votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Dakota Century Code Title 10. Corporations § 10-19.1-39. Voting for directors--Cumulative voting - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-10-corporations/nd-cent-code-sect-10-19-1-39/
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