You should announce the vote count. In your effort to be kind to the loser, you don't want to make it look like you're covering up something, and she definitely has the right to know the vote count. Yes, it might be painful for her, but it's important to be transparent in all you do. You can best ease the situation by making it clear that you consider her an important contributor to the group and no matter the outcome of the election, you value her work.
- Craig
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So a second question was posed about whether at this point it's appropriate to announce the vote count to the whole group. I'd say it depends on how much of a fuss has been made. If the discussion has been entirely in private, I think it's OK to tell the person the vote count in private. If it occurred at an open meeting, I think you probably need to clarify it at a meeting so that it appears in the minutes. Something along the lines of you've consulted Robert's Rules and they call for the vote count to be announced. So you're announcing it now.
- Craig
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