QUESTION: Our association allows only one vote per unit, even when there are two people on the title. Is this legal?

ANSWER: Yes, it's legal. The number of votes in federal, state and local elections is based on the number of registered voters. The number of votes in homeowner associations is based on the number of units or lots. If it were based on the number of owners on title, you could have ten investors on title to four units who would then have forty votes. That would give them disproportionate power to determine the outcome of elections, especially if you have cumulative voting.

Board Votes. The one vote per unit restriction does not apply to votes by directors if co-owners of a unit are both on the board.