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2016 Private Sector Local Elections
Elections will be Conducted for All Private Sector Local Officers
Private Sector Locals with 150 or Fewer Members Holding an Election at a Special Membership Meeting
In 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.
The term of office for all current Private Sector Local officers expires June 30, 2016. Private Sector officers and delegates will be elected to three-year terms.
Balloting for Private Sector officers will be conducted between May 15 and June 15, 2016.
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. Slate petitioning and
slate voting will be an option for candidates for Private Sector Local office (see adjacent information).
Note: When circulating and signing individual and slate petition forms, members must write in their own CSEA ID numbers.
In Locals of 150 or fewer members, petitions are not required; instead, nomination applications
are used to qualify for office (see adjacent information).
Nominating Petitions/Applications for Election will be available from your Local Election Committee
or Election Meeting Chairperson, beginning early February.
P
rivate Sector Locals 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 your 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.
Important Information about Slate Petitioning and Slate Voting
ATTENTION: Private Sector Local Presidents
Did you send your Election Committee Data Form to CSEA Headquarters?
Beginning next month all registered Election Committee Chairs and Election Meeting Chairs 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 will only be mailed to those Chairs where their Local President has sent in the required Election Committee Data
Form (ECDF). CSEA Headquarters cannot send material and information to any Chairperson, without first receiving the completed ECDF from the Local President.
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.
Local Elections
In Local elections, a 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.
Changes to Officer positions in your Private Sector Local must be contained in your Local’s by-laws and approved by the Local Executive Board and submitted to the Office
of the Statewide Secretary before February 1.
Candidates should know the following:
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.
• 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 Local and Unit election committees.
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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
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