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can stockholders choose not to elect a board of directors?
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under sarbanes–oxley, no. there are specific responsibilities vested in the board members. without a ceo and a cfo, the quarterly financial reports cannot be signed off. many countries have similar responsibilities for board members, and by the same reasoning therefore a need for board members.
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