> In addition, as a result of their overlapping directorships, Elon Musk and Antonio Gracias have recused themselves from voting on this proposal at the Tesla b

> In addition, as a result of their overlapping directorships, Elon Musk and Antonio Gracias have recused themselves from voting on this proposal at the Tesla board meeting at which it was approved, and will recuse themselves from voting on this proposal at the SolarCity board as well. Source: https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-makes-offer-to-acquire-solarcity https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-makes-offer-to-acquir... They're not voting in the board meetings, so can only recommend it to the board and then not vote.