Voting in the MPEA Election

Friday, February 7 by 4:30 p.m. Candidates are emailed to the membership

Monday, March 3-Friday, March 14 Voting from 8 a.m. on March 3 until 4:30 p.m. on March 14 (Bylaw 10)

Election Procedures
Election shall be run using ElectionBuddy
The secretary and one other board member whose seat is not up for election will be election administrators
Ballot will be emailed to dues-paying members with a unique log in code that allows one vote per member
Reminders and instructions will be emailed and mailed to members
Voting is anonymous. Unique login/ID cannot be traced to names. Recount can be conducted by downloading Vote by Vote results.

Absentee/proxy voting
Must be approved by the board (Bylaw 10)

Voting results
Results will be available for election administrators to view when election closes on March 14th
Run-off and/or tie will be conducted according to Bylaw 10
Ballots will only be spoiled if a written request is received from a member with a date/time and reason for spoiling the ballot. New ballot can be issued using ElectionBuddy. A reason must be entered in ElectionBuddy to spoil a ballot. Written documentation will also be submitted to the entire board for auditing (if needed).

Monday, March 17 by 4:30 p.m. Election results emailed to members

March 17-27 Transitions will take place between outgoing and incoming board members.
The new board will be seated at the next regular meeting on March 27 (Bylaw 9)

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