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If You Can't Attend . . .
If you’re a member unable to attend the annual meeting, you may still vote for directors by giving your proxy to another member who will be attending the meeting and can submit it for you. Your proxy is included in your Annual Report/Annual Membership Meeting Notice, which is mailed to members in late May.
The cooperative’s bylaws specify a few simple requirements for voting by proxy. These include having the following on the proxy:
- Printed name of the member submitting your proxy, plus their signature and address.
- Signature of a witness and the date it was signed (witness cannot be the same member who is submitting your proxy).
Other guidelines regarding voting by proxy are:
- Members may vote one valid proxy in addition to their own vote.
- Members representing a business, civic group, industry, church, etc., may not vote the proxy of another member.
- Powers of attorney are treated as proxies.
- Only a member can carry a power of attorney.
- Blue Ridge Electric employees cannot vote proxies.
Copies of the cooperative’s bylaws are available in any Blue Ridge Electric office or online at www.BlueRidgeEMC.com.
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