Oops , I forgot to answer your club question .

The club I belong to , at the fall meeting , has elections . Folks who have indicated their interest in running for a position put out a statement to the fellow members beforehand so everyone knows whose running . Come vote time , the candidates are sequestered outside the room and a "show of hands" vote is conducted , run by the present officers and plainly visible to all except the candidates themselves . The candidates themselves are the only ones who don't vote as presumably each would be voting for themselves and present club officers are only allowed to vote if they themselves are not seeking re election to their post . I know it sounds kinda primitive but it has worked for the club since the 1960s and all appear to have no problem with how the elections run since the entire process is done in front of all .

To add a clarification , when the show of hands voting is for president , the presidential candidates only go out of the room . When the voting for VP happens , only the VP candidates go out of the room . And so on for all the other positions . You as a candidate for VP most certainly can vote for president , treasurer , etc . so the only position you don't get to vote for is the one your running for .

I know , I know , it sounds archaic , but it does work , likely better in actual practice than in my somewhat limited explaination of it ...