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??Only members that were notified were those eligible to vote? If they are the ones eligible to vote then everyone of importance has been properly notified. Who are you in relationship to the association. If you are not an owner then you cant go the meeting anyway?? Sounds like they did it right. If they had already announced a meeting and then gave at least a 48 notice as to the additional budget meeting and it was given to the owners then I can't see what they did, if anything, wrong. Normally, a board can call a regular meeting with a posted 48 hour notice only. If you don't see it you are out of luck. As for as elections and votes by majority membership the requirements are much stricter with mailings etc. Hope this helps.

Relevant laws for requiring condo meetings to be held with prescribed length of advance notice can be found by searching: 
"new jersey, condominium meeting, notification, open meeting" 

I live in Illinois. We've had many problems with our board. Now I received an email telling me and other ownners,we will be getting our meeting notification for all meetings, general and board, via email. is this legal? 
 
Another thing is not receiving ballots or proxies for election of officers. We vote my show of hands. If you're not there, you don't get to vote. Is this legal?

ever homeowner should receive notification of annual and budget meeting 
 
florida has a statute where notices need to be posted on the property in advance also 
 

Election by secret ballot is part of California constitution. Your state might have that in its constitution. You can check. If so,(a) the show of hands or (b) saying it is secret ballot but doing it by the collection of votes without polling station and ballot box is more than mere suspect (of election fraud). 
 
 
 
The above answers the questions that say,"I live in Illinois. We've had many problems with our board. Now I received an email telling me and other ownners,we will be getting our meeting notification for all meetings, general and board, via email. is this legal?  
 
Another thing is not receiving ballots or proxies for election of officers. We vote my show of hands. If you're not there, you don't get to vote. Is this legal?

our condo board is in Chicago, Ill; and from what the bylaws say, meeting notices have to posted on the property; as far as proxies are concerned, the homeowners are responsible for their own proxies; yes, there should be a ballot; how would know who you can vot for?...read your bylaws; thes are issues that are addressed.

Any question about " voting, ballots, notice of election, etc." 
 
can be answered by searching the Internet with any, or all of the above words, plus the name of the state where you live. 
 
 
 
I advise not to rely on pure personal reasoning.

In illinois, out by-laws say nothing about reveiving proxies; there is a page that shows how a proxie looks; but the bottom line is , that board members (the board) does not have to "supply " any proxies , that is the homeowners own responsibility; and it's true if, you are not there and you want to be considered for a position, but you are not there; then no, your cannot be considered-----the proxie (you could give to someone whom you trust to vote as you wish )is for THAT purpose...

I have a condo in Fl (winter) and one in Ill. The difference in how the two boards operates is like day and night. Our lawyer's office in Fl.,sends the Sec. a packet of important information including a proxie and a ballot, to be sent out to every owner.First notice of general meeting goes out with ballot and proxie, sixty days before general meeting. The second notice goes out two weeks before. Everything is run by the "book". Illinois board is just the opposite. We don't even get notifications of board meetings, only of the general meeting. They tell you what they think your responsibilities are, even if the by-laws say different. 
 
Which of the two,do you think runs smoothly?