ARTICLE 1. MEMBERSHIP; VOTING; REGISTER
 
Section 1.1 Membership. The Owners of Lots in the Property shall constitute the members of the Association, as set forth in the Declaration. Corporations, partnerships, associations, and other legal entities, trustees under an express trust, and other fiduciaries, as well as natural persons may be members of the Association. Owners of a Lot as joint tenants, tenants in common, community property, or other ownership involving more than one person, shall be joint members of the Association, but shall have only one membership and one vote in the Association per Lot owned.
 
Section 1.2 Number of Votes. The voting power of the members shall be as specified in the Declaration and the Articles of Incorporation.
 
Section 1.3 Voting by Multiple Owners. The vote for a Lot must be cast as a single vote and fractional votes will not be allowed. If there is more than one entity or person constituting the Owner of a particular Lot, such joint owners must agree amongst themselves how their vote will be cast for that Lot. If such joint owners cannot agree on how to vote on any matter, such Lot shall have no vote in the Association on the matter in question.
 
Section 1.4 Voting Representative. An Owner may, by written notice to the Board of Directors of the Association (the "Board"), designate a voting representative for the Lot. The voting representative need not be an Owner. Such designation may be revoked at any time by written notice to the Board from any person having an ownership interest in the Lot, or by actual notice to the Board of the death or judicially declared incompetence of any person with an ownership interest in the Lot, except in cases in which the person designated is a Mortgagee of the Lot. This power of designation and revocation may be exercised by the guardian of an Owner, the attorney-in-fact of the Owner under a durable power of attorney, or the administrators or executors of an Owner's estate. If a Lot is owned by husband and wife and only one of them is at a meeting, the one who is present will represent the marital community.
 
Section 1.5 Voting by Proxy; Pledged Votes to Mortgagee. The vote allocated to a Lot may be cast pursuant to a proxy duly executed by the Owner. An Owner may not revoke a proxy given pursuant to this section except by actual notice of revocation to the person presiding over a meeting of the Association. A proxy is void if it is not dated or purports to be revocable without notice. Unless stated otherwise in the proxy, a proxy terminates 11 months after its date of issuance. An Owner may, but shall not be obligated to, pledge his or her vote on all issues or on specific issues to a Mortgagee. If an Owner is in default under a first Mortgage on the Lot for one year or more, the Mortgagee shall automatically be authorized to declare at any time thereafter that the Owner has pledged his or her vote on all issues to the Mortgagee during the continuance of the default. If the Board has been notified of any such pledge to a Mortgagee, only the vote of the Mortgagee will be recognized on the issues that are subject to the pledge.
 
Section 1.6 Persons Under Disability. Minors and persons declared legally incompetent shall be eligible for membership in the Association, if otherwise qualified, but shall not be permitted to vote except through a legally appointed, qualified, and acting guardian of their estate voting on their behalf, or, in the case of a minor with no legal guardian of his estate, through a parent having custody of the minor.
 
Section 1.7 Register of Members. The Board shall cause a register to be kept containing the names and addresses of all members of the Association. Persons who purchase an interest in a Lot shall promptly inform the Board of their interest. Persons who claim to be members of the Association shall, upon request, furnish the Board with copies of any documents under which they assert ownership of a Lot or any interest therein, and any Mortgages thereon.