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Nominations Clarfication


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If someone does not accept a nomination should that be taken as they do not accept the nomination? Our bylaws do not address it but here is a copy of them.

Article 9: Election of Officers

1. All Officers, Executive Board members, Stewards, and committee-at-large members elected at the first general membership meeting following the conclusion of collective bargaining and ratification of the Union Contract must be elected by secret ballot by a majority vote of the members present. The incumbent President shall abstain from voting except in the event of a tie.

2. Upon completion of collective bargaining and ratification of the Union Contract, the incumbent President may call a special meeting to nominate members for election to office or to the Executive Board.

3. Candidates for election to an office or to the Executive Board need not be present at the nomination meeting preceding the election meeting specified in Section 2 of this Article. All persons nominated must be in good standing in this Union.

4. All nominees shall, within ten (10) calendar days of the nomination meeting, notify the Secretary, in writing, whether they accept or decline the nomination. Nominees present during the nomination meeting may offer verbal declinations and acceptances during said meeting in lieu of written responses.

5. The membership shall select the three (3) newest members present at the nomination meeting to serve as tellers and conduct elections in an honest and secret manner. Any nominee or candidate for office is ineligible to act as a teller. The tellers shall be in full and complete charge of the election.

6. At least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the election of Officers, Executive Board members and Stewards as specified in Section 2 of this Article, the Secretary shall post the time and place of the election on the Union bulletin boards.

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If someone does not accept a nomination should that be taken as they do not accept the nomination?

Let me put it this way...if someone states that he won't accept a nomination then how else can you interpret that statement other than that he won't accept the nomination? Ya kind of have to take his word for it.

However, I somehow suspect that you meant to ask if a member who was nominated didn't respond in writing or in person with his acceptance or declination whether his silence implies that he has accepted (or declined) the nomination. If that was your real question the answer is that it is up to you all to decide (see RONR pp. 570-573 for some principles to help with that).

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Whether you prefer a short version or a long version, you can't argue with these first two answers from Dan and Chris.

To expand on Chris' interpretation/clairvoyant translation, I'd say maybe the question Ken had in mind might be worded as the following: If a person does not officially accept a nomination, should it be considered that he has officially declined the nomination. In this case, I do believe that Chris' answer would remain the same, while Dan's would change or simply not appear at all. However, until that very different question turns up, we'll never know.

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And they come so close. This should probably be fixed in some manner when you get around to it. And nothing we've seen so far prevents the declining member to be elected by write-in vote anyway.

Unless he declines to accept the declination of accepting to decline the acceptance of his election... but that goes without saying. ;)

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