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2019 CSEA Elections Information — Private Sector Local Elections
Elections will be conducted for all private sector local officers
The term of office for all current Private Sector Local officers expires June 30, 2019. Officers and delegates will be elected to three-year terms.
Balloting will be conducted between May 15 and June 15, 2019, where necessary.
Each Local Executive Board must select its own Election Committee, or Election Meeting Chair, if applicable. The Local Election Committees and Election Meeting Chairpersons are primarily responsible for conducting the election, consisting of nominations
and balloting.
Members may run as individual
candidates or they may run as a slate (see information below).
In Locals of 150 or fewer members, petitions are not required; instead, nomination applications are used
to qualify for office (see information below).
Nominating Petitions/Applications for Election to office will be available from your Local Election Committee or Election Meeting Chairperson. Check your worksite’s bulletin boards for detailed election information.
ARTTENTION: private sector local presidents
egistered Election Committee Fall 2018 to each Local President Chairs and Election Meeting Chairs (or, where applicable, to the CSEA
Locals with 150 or fewer members
Important information for candidates and members:
Holding an Election at a Special MLembership Meeting
ocals with 150 members or less
may choose to appoint an Election Meeting Chairperson (instead of an election committee) and conduct an election at a meeting.
Holding an election at a Special Membership meeting simplifies the election process in that, where there are races (more than one candidate for an office), the Election Meeting Chairperson calls a Membership
meeting for the purpose of electing officers.
AIpplication for Office
n these smaller Locals, completion of the Application for Election to Office replaces the requirement to obtain signatures on a nominating petition. Any member who submits the application and meets election requirements under the Private Sector Local Constitution will qualify as a candidate.
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A member cannot be a candidate for officer and for delegate on the same slate. An officer candidate must circulate a separate nominating petition in order
to appear on the ballot also as
a candidate for delegate. The member will appear on the ballot as a candidate for office as part of the slate and as an individual for the position of delegate.
When circulating and signing petition forms, members must write in their own CSEA ID numbers or they will not be accepted.
A member may sign petitions for more than one candidate or slate. A member may sign a petition for the same candidate or slate only once.
A candidate may sign their own petition.
• A member may call CSEA’s Membership Department at 1-800-342-4146, extension 1334, to request their ID number, or on CSEA’s website at cseany.org.
• Candidates who run as a slate must complete a Slate Eligibility and Consent Form and a Slate Petition Request Form. By petitioning as a slate, candidates who appear as part of a slate need to submit only one set of the required number
of signatures to qualify as a candidate. Individual petitions are not necessary for slate candidates.
• Candidates who withdraw from
a slate must complete a Slate Withdrawal Form and return the form to their election committee.
• More detailed information
about election slates will be available from each Local election committee/meeting chairperson.
not apply to members who are on leave due to being called up for military duty, who are considered to have had continuous membership status for election purposes.
Please notify the CSEA Membership Department at 1-800-342-4146, ext. 1334, of any change in your status and to make arrangements to continue direct payment of your dues so as to maintain your status as “a member in good standing.”
will receive an election package from CSEA to assist them in performing their election duties. This material is necessary to run a proper election.
Election packages are now being mailed to those Chairs where their Local Presidents have sent in the required Election Data Forms. CSEA Headquarters cannot send material and information to any Chairperson, without first receiving the completed Election Data Form from the Local President.
Two letters were sent by the Statewide Election Committee in the
Administrators) requesting Executive Boards to get their election committees in place.
If this request has not been complied with, please do so immediately. Locals will risk going into administratorship, should elections not be held in a timely fashion.
Inquiries regarding Election Committees or Election Meeting Chairpersons may be directed to the CSEA Statewide Election Committee at 1-800-342-4146, ext. 1447, or sec@ cseainc.org.
Important information about slate petitioning and
sAlate voting
slate must contain a candidate
running for the offices of President, one or more Vice Presidents, as set forth in the Local’s by-laws, Secretary and Treasurer, and any other offices that have
been created according to the Local Constitution and by-laws. In Locals that have the position of Secretary- Treasurer in their by-laws, the slate must include a candidate for that office.
Break in membership affects eligibility for union office, voting privileges
Abreak in union membership status can have long-term future implications. Your membership status affects your eligibility with respect to:
• Seeking or holding union office; • Signing nominating petitions
for potential candidates;
• Voting in union elections, and; • Voting on collective bargaining
contracts.
Only members “in good standing”
can participate in these activities.
To be in “good standing,” your dues cannot be delinquent.
If you go on unpaid leave or for any other reason have a break in your employment status, your dues will not continue to be paid through payroll deductions. You must make arrangements to pay your dues directly to CSEA to continue your membership status. If you are either laid off or placed on leave without pay status due to becoming disabled by accident, illness, maternity or
paternity, you may be eligible for dues-free membership status for a period not to exceed one year. If you are called up for active military duty, you may also apply for dues-free status.
Note, however, you must continue to pay dues to run for office. Dues-free or gratuitous membership allows members to continue their insurance coverage while out of work. It does not protect your right to run for or hold office. This does
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