Packet details voting procedures and a multi-round nomination example for electing officers

Jul 30, 2025

Board packet explains that an acting chair runs nominations and that elections require a majority; it includes an example walk-through that shows how nominees are advanced and how a candidate wins by majority vote.

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The district packet provides step-by-step guidance for conducting officer elections, including that an acting chair should open nominations and call for votes in the order nominations were made. The example included in the materials describes an acting-chair scenario with repeated nomination rounds and demonstrates that if no candidate receives a majority, nominations are reopened and the process repeats until a majority is obtained.

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