Robert,
It is possible and legal in California and in at least other 20 US states.
In fact, one
of the first was California's Intel. Safevote, for example, has done
more than
35 legally binding elections in the US -- including nonprofit associations.
Please
ask your attorney to contact me for additional info.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
"Robert E. Frank" wrote:
We
have used PKI for many years and we want to embed its use it throughout
the operations of a new, nonprofit corporation we are forming. In
addition to authorizing PKI applications for typical enterprise interchange
purposes, we want to specify in the articles of incorporation and in the
corporate by-laws that PKI-based applications will be authorized for corporate
management applications. For
example, when Directors and Members can not personally attend annual or
special corporate meetings, we want to allow the use of PKI-based
applications to vote, submit proxies, and to remotely conduct other confidential
corporate management processes. However,
my attorney advises the current California Corporations Code does not authorize
the use of PKI-protected applications for corporate director and membership
voting, proxy submissions, and other corporation management processes. Can
anyone be so kind to advise us of specific CA legal authorization for such
uses, or to provide us with documentation to confirm that one or more California
Corporations are currently authorized to use PKI to digitally protect and
enable authentication of corporate membership voting, proxy submissions,
and similar functions? Robert
FrankPresidentOpen
Commerce, Inc.Pleasanton,
CA 94588www.opencommerce.com
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