Art II: Objectives

Art III: Membership
and Dues

Art IV: Local Structure

Art V: Statewide Structure

Art V.A.1: Officers:
Eligibility

Art V.A.2: Officers:
Duties

Art V.A.3: Officers:
Terms of Office

Art V.A.4: Officers:
Term limits

Art V.B: Executive
Board

Art V.C: Trustees

Art V.D: Election
Appeal Panel

Art V.E: Salaries

Art VI: Elections

Art VI.G: Elections:
Recall

Art VII: Staff

Art VIII: Collective
Bargaining

Art IX: Strike
Votes

Art X: Referenda

Art XI: Amendments

Art XII: Parliamentary
Procedure

Art XIII: Miscellany

Art XIV: Bill of
Rights of Members

Art XV: Affiliation
or Dissolution

App A: Elections
Code

App A: Elections
Code: Challenges

App B: Protecting
the Union

APPENDIX A: ELECTIONS CODE

Section 1. General provisions.

1. No funds of CUE shall be used to support the candidacy of any member for any elective office within CUE.
2. No publication published by CUE shall endorse or support any candidate for elective office within CUE.
3. Any nominee or announced candidate for elective office shall have the right, once prior to the election, to have mailed, through the statewide union office or local office, a limited amount of campaign literature; the amount of literature to be set by the statewide executive board if it is a statewide office or by the local executive board if it is a local election or election of campus reps to the statewide board. The mailing (contents and postage) shall be at the candidate's expense. The mailings shall be to each member in good standing who may vote in that election, at the campus level or statewide.
4. To run for office, the nominee must be a member in good standing of the local in which the nominee seeks office or which the member seeks to represent as a member of the statewide board. To run for statewide office, the member must be in good standing in a local. To be in good standing, the member must be employed in a position in the bargaining unit and must meet any other requirements set by the local of which the person is a member.
5. Any member serving a term of office whose position is moved outside of the bargaining unit by reclassification or privatization may complete the remainder of the term of office. Any member who leaves the bargaining unit by resigning or by transferring to a job outside the bargaining unit will not be allowed to complete the term of office. Any member serving a term of office who is fired or laid-off and who is grieving that management action may complete their term of office.
6. An election committee shall be established at the local or statewide level, depending on the election being conducted. The committee shall have general responsibility for the conduct of the election in accordance with this Constitution and the constitution of the local. Any challenge concerning the eligibility of any nominee shall be referred to the election committee for decision and the decision shall be reported to the local executive board or the statewide executive board (as appropriate) prior to the election. The election committee shall also report, as expeditiously as possible, the results of the balloting, together with recommendations regarding any protests which have been lodged regarding the conduct of the election. No member of the election committee may be a candidate for office. Members of the elections committee are to be appointed by the executive board of the local or statewide organization. Election for statewide positions shall be overseen by a statewide elections committee of no fewer than 2 members. Election for local officers and board, and for local representative to the statewide board shall be overseen by a local elections committee, size to be determined at the local level.
7. Not less than fifteen days prior to the opening of nominations for statewide or local union officers and board members, a notice of the nominations and elections shall be mailed by the statewide or local union, at its expense to each member at the member's last known address, email or street address. Procedures for making nominations and for elections shall be included.
8. Those nominated shall be afforded the opportunity to decline, and the name of any nominee who declines shall not appear on the ballot.
9. In any case where there is only one nominee for office, such nominee shall be declared elected. In all other cases, election shall be by secret ballot. All members shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to vote.
10. Any candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot shall have the right to have present an official observer of the candidate's own choosing, who must be a member of CUE, in all places where ballots bearing the candidate's name are to be counted.
11. Upon completion of the voting, the ballots shall be tabulated and the candidate for each office receiving the largest number of the votes cast for that office shall be declared elected.
12. Vacancies in office shall be filled in accord with provisions of this constitution. If no constitutional provision exists for local positions, vacancies shall be filled by vote of the executive board of the local.
13. All election records, including ballots, shall be retained for at least one year after the election.