Local Constitution (Continued)
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Art 1: Name
Art 3: Membership and
Art 5: Officers,
Art 5: Officers,
Art 6: Duties of
Art 10: Miscellaneous
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Local Constitution (Continued)Coalition of University Employees, Santa BarbaraThis document was broken up into several files in order to aid in indexing and easy reference. It is also available as a single, non-indexed version for ease of printing.
Article 5: Officers, Nominations and Elections1. The officers of this local shall be a President, a Vice President, a recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and three Executive Committee members; these seven shall constitute the local Executive Board. All officers shall be elected for a term of 2 years. The President, Secretary and one Executive Committee member shall be elected in odd-numbered years. The Vice President, Treasurer, and two Executive Committee members shall be elected in even-numbered years. 2. Nominations for all officers shall be made at a regular meeting of the local, or via postal or electronic mail. At least fifteen days advance notice shall be given the membership prior to the closure of nominations. A nominating committee may be appointed or elected to make nominations, but whether or not such a nominating committee is used, nominations shall be permitted from the floor at the nominations meeting or from the general membership via either postal or electronic mail. 3. No member may be nominated for more than one position, and a nominee is required to indicate at the conclusion of nominations for the specific position whether she/he accepts or declines the nomination. A local Executive Board member whose term has not expired may accept a nomination and, if not elected, shall retain her/his current position. If elected, her/his previous position shall be filled by appointment on an interim basis by the local Executive Board until the next regular or special meeting. 4. To be eligible for office, a member must be in good standing for at least six months immediately preceding the election. 5. Officers shall be elected by secret ballot vote. Balloting shall be conducted in such a way as to afford to all members a reasonable opportunity to vote, and shall be conducted by the Election Committee comprised of at least three volunteers, or if no volunteers step forward, selected by the President and confirmed by the local Executive Board. At least fifteen days' notice shall be given the membership prior to the holding of the election. 6. The Election Committee shall conduct and supervise all elections; it shall pass on the rights of members presenting themselves to vote if such right is challenged, and shall keep records of the members voting. The Committee shall count and canvass the vote in the presence of all candidates or their designee desiring to be present at such canvass, and shall keep proper tallies of the count. The votes cast for candidates shall be counted immediately after the close of the polls and shall be reported to the membership if still in session or to the local Executive Board who shall be required to meet within 72 hours to certify the vote. No member of the Election Committee may be a candidate for office. No candidate for office shall have access to the ballots prior to or during the election.
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