Craig writes:
I think you'd probably be better off looking for a compromise before holding a third election. Are there hard feelings between the candidates? Maybe there's a possibility that they will accept co-treasurer positions. Or that the "winner" will agree to step down at the end of this school year in favor of the other candidate. Would one be happy in another (unelected) board position, say volunteer coordinator?
As far as the general perception of your group, the best thing you can do is publicly admit that the election procedure didn't work the way you wanted it to, apologize, state how you have corrected it for future elections, and (best case scenario) have the loser state publicly that she has accepted the result. Good luck, and please let us know how things go.
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