I've been part of a couple of groups now, where even as a just a member, I've noticed founders and officers getting overthrown. If more than 2/3 of the group are "friends" the can easily recall all the officers, kick them out and effectively take over the group themselves. This just doesn't sound right in some cases where the officers and/or founders of a group are thrown out of their own group.
Sometimes it is aproprate for a group to be a Dictatorship rather than a Democracy. For example if you join a church, you don't expect to vote the pope and all the cardinals out, right? Or if you are hired as a mailroom clerk employee of a buissness you don't expect to be able to overthrow the Boss, correct? If you don't like being part of these Dictatorships, then you are free to leave.
Some groups should be Democracies, while others should or need to be Dictatorships. While I'm all for Democracy where clubs or government is concerned, its obvious that Dictatorships are needed for buissness, private clubs, religious, etc.
Therefore, I propose a new checkbox option for the Group system that allows you to select between the two. A "No Elections" type option, that allows the group founder to create a Dictatorship. If a group is a Dictatorship, the founder should always be retained as an officer no mater what to retain control. When members join a group, it should also be made clear to them if the group is a Dictatorship or a Democracy so they can decide if they really want to join or not. Of course in either case they are always free to leave.
There could also be a "gang" or "mob" setting for groups where its a Dictatorship, until a gang member kills the boss, then he becomes an officer.
Could lead to some interesting groups.