Union of Taxation Employees
By-Law 9
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1
(1) The President and the Vice-Presidents shall be elected by ballot during Convention.
(2) The Regional Vice-Presidents shall be elected at a regional caucus during Convention as set out in By-Law 9, Section 9.
(3) Only delegates, as defined by By-Law 10, Sections 5 and 9 shall be entitled to vote for the election of officers.
(4) A delegate may nominate a member in good standing, who is not a delegate, for an office, provided the member so nominated, has indicated in writing their acceptance of the nomination.
(5) All nominations must be seconded by a delegate.
Section 2
The Executive Council shall appoint a Nomination Committee of at least three and not more than five persons and shall name one as chairperson. The Nominations Committee shall:
(1) call for nominations for all offices from delegates;
(2) receive nominations for all offices from delegates;
(3) determine the eligibility of such nominees; and
(4) place the names of all eligible nominees in nomination at the time set forth for the election of officers and to report to the Convention the name of any nominee considered to be ineligible.
Section 3
All nominations submitted to the nomination committee shall be in writing, signed by the nominators and by the nominees signifying that they will accept office if elected.
Section 4
The nomination committee shall publish a list of nominees for each office and post this list in a conspicuous place in the Convention hall by 18:00 hours of the day prior to the day set for the election of officers.
Section
5
In addition to the nominations reported to the Convention by the nomination committee, nominations for each office as called may be made from the floor of the Convention by delegates. The nominees' agreement shall be secured prior to the nomination being placed.
Section 6
Any member, in good standing is permitted to speak on behalf of any member nominated for elected office.
Section 7
The Chairperson of the Nomination Committee shall:
(1) preside at the election of the President and Vice-President;
(2) appoint the necessary scrutineers to distribute, collect and count the ballots;
(3) receive the results of each ballot from the Chairperson of Scrutineers;
(4) report to the Convention, the results of each ballot; and
(5) report the results of the elections of Regional Vice-Presidents and their Alternates following the election of the President and Vice-Presidents.
Section 8
Election to any office shall be by simple majority vote of the total votes cast. Where only two (2) nominees remain, or where only two (2) nominees are standing for election for the same office and a tie vote results, Chairperson of the Nomination Committee will declare no ballot and request that a new vote be taken.
Section 9
(1) Prior to the election of the President and Vice-Presidents, each Regional Vice-President shall convene a meeting of delegates of their region in order to elect a Regional Vice-President and an Alternate.
(2) In the event that a tie vote between candidates cannot be resolved by the Region the question shall be brought to the Convention for a deciding vote following the election of the President and Vice-Presidents. Each candidate or their designate shall have the right to address the Convention before the ballot is taken on the floor.
(3) Election shall be by simple majority vote.
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