"Record Date" for Voting
The Corporations Code allows the board to fix a "record date" by which one must be a member to be entitled to vote in an election. Typically, the record date is set a few days to a week before the distribution of ballots. This allows time to prepare election materials, put labels on ballot envelopes, and print a voter list for the Inspector of Elections to use at the election meeting. Anyone who becomes a member after that date may attend the membership meeting but is not eligible to vote. If the board fails to set a record date, it defaults to the date the first ballot is distributed to the members. (Corp. Code § 7611(c))
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