Abstentions

The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners requires that the minutes for neighborhood council board meetings note how the neighborhood council counts abstentions.¹:

Most neighborhood councils do not count abstentions as votes. For them, the notice could look like this:

The neighborhood council does not count abstentions as votes.

Some neighborhood councils count abstentions as yes votes. For them, the notice could look like this:

The neighborhood council counts abstentions as yes votes.

How a neighborhood council counts abstentions is described by their bylaws in article V, section 3.