SWE REGION F BYLAWS

Article VIII - Elections

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Section 1 - Voting

The voting members of the Society
in the Region elect the Director.
The members of the Regional
Council elect a regional member to the Society Nominating
Committee.

Section 2 - Petition Candidates

The ballot shall include candidates nominated
by petition for Director provided that the
following requimrents have been met:
     The member is qualified for the position.
     The member has given written consent to
being placed on the ballot.
     A minimum of 2 percent of the voting
members of the Region have signed a petition
to place the candidate's name on the ballot,
with no more than half of the petitioners being
from any one Section.
     The petition together with the written
consent are submitted to the Society Secretary by February 1.

Section 3 - Write-in Vote

Each member may write on the ballot the name of any
qualified member even though that member
has not been nominated.

Section 4 - Vote required to Elect

A plurality of the legal votes cast for a
particular position elects a candidate
to the position.

Section 5 - Vacancies

A vacancy in the office of the Director
will be filled until the end of the
fiscal year by election by the Regional
Council. If such a vacancy occurs before
February 1 and if the rest of the term extends
through the next fiscal year, the office for the
the present and next fiscal year will be filled
by a vote of the voting members of the Region.
A vacancy in the position of regional
member of the Society Nominating Committee
is filled by election by the Regional Council.

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