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Board to adopt pre-meeting emails to party chairs for officer approvals
Summary
Registrar proposed emailing proposed officers of election to party chairs in advance and treating no response as assent to create a written paper trail; the board agreed to the process to reduce later disputes and speed onboarding.
Registrar Mark described a recommended revision to the officer-of-election approval process: his office will email the names of candidates who request to represent a party to the appropriate party chairs in advance of each meeting, set a response deadline and treat a lack of reply as no objection. Mark said the change is designed to create a paper trail and address past legal disputes in other localities where there was no documented proof names had been shared with party chairs.
Board members asked about independent candidates and retained the board's authority to approve officers at meetings. Mark noted the code does not require sending independent names to party chairs and that the proposed email process would document party responses and help the elections office and board avoid delays in onboarding officers before training.
