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ARTICLE VI. Election of Officers
- The secretary/treasurer
shall be responsible for the election of new officers.
- The procedures for
nomination and election shall be as follows:
- In June, a request
for nominations should be mailed to all members of the society.
Members should be asked to nominate themselves if they are
willing to serve in an office, or to nominate another member
whom they have ascertained is willing to serve if elected.
Nominations shall be made in writing to the secretary. A member
may nominate himself or be nominated for only one office in
any given year. There is no upper limit to the number of nominations
for each office, and all candidates who are legally nominated
must be included on the final ballot. Current officers cannot
hold the same office consecutively.
- If fewer than
three nominations are received for any office, the secretary
shall request the Execu-tive Committee to nominate one, two,
or three candidates, as required, so as to obtain a total
of three nominations for each office. The secretary shall
obtain permission for each of the nomi-nees.
- Before
September 1, a ballot of all nominees shall be sent to all
members and associate members. Voting shall be the Haer preferential
voting system in which each voter rank-orders the candidates
for each office in order of prefer-ence. Ballots shall be
returned to the secretary.
- About October
1, the secretary and one other member of the society, selected
in advance by the President, shall open the ballots and tally
the votes. Each nominee shall receive 1, 2, 3 or more points
from each ballot, depending on the rank assigned to that nominee
on the ballot. For each office, the most preferred candidate
receiv-ing the greatest number of points is elected.
- The new
officers shall be notified and shall take office on January
1. Outgoing officers should turn over all society records
to the new officers on or before January 1.
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