With limited exceptions, whenever proxies are used they must be on two pages. The first page contains the authorizing language giving the proxyholder the power to vote, the second detachable page contains the instructions on how the proxyholder is to vote on each issue. Civil Code §1363.03(d)(3). Once a proxyholder registers at the membership meeting, the Inspector of Elections keeps the first page of the proxy. The second detachable page of instructions on how the proxyholder is to vote is given to the proxyholder along with a ballot. The proxyholder then votes the ballot in secret.

Term and Revocation. Proxies have a limited term and expire according to statute, unless revoked. Ballots, unlike proxies, cannot be revoked. Civil Code §1363.03(f).