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Election committee unanimously recommends narrowing governing-board election dates in Policy CO2
Summary
The Sun City West Election Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the governing board revise Policy CO2 so the board sets only the packet pickup date and election day in March, delegating other scheduling details to the election committee.
The Election Committee recommended unanimously that the governing board adopt revised language for Policy CO2 to limit the board's role to setting two principal election dates and leave all other scheduling to the election committee.
The committee's chair presented the proposed text, saying, "The principal election process dates established by the governing board are the date an interested owner member may pick up a candidate packet from the governing board executive assistant and the election day in March." The chair added that other operational dates ' such as orientation, online voting, photo sessions and signature deadlines ' should be set by the election committee.
Committee members debated the change as a way to keep the governing board's responsibilities succinct and to preserve flexibility for the election committee when holidays or unusual circumstances require schedule adjustments. The chair also noted a petition/resume submission deadline provision: "The date an interested voter must submit a petition and resume to the governing board executive assistant will be no less than 30 days after the date as established in 3.1.1 above."
A Committee member moved to "recommend the revised [comments/election] policy to the board," another Committee member seconded, and the chair announced the motion passed unanimously. The committee did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript; the chair stated the outcome was unanimous and the recommendation will be forwarded to the governing board.
Next steps: the committee will send the drafted recommendation to the governing board for consideration; the committee also agreed to circulate the policy language as the committee's formal recommendation to the board.
