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CSEA’s notice of nomination and election
Nominations for the following positions will take place between September 5 – October 12, 2023:
Statewide Officers:
President, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
Region Officers:
Region 1: President, Executive VP, 1st
VP, 2nd VP, 3rd VP, 4th VP, Secretary, Treasurer
Region 2: President, Executive VP, 1st 2nd VP, Secretary, Treasurer
Region 3: President, Executive VP, 1st 2nd VP, 3rd VP, Secretary, Treasurer Region 4: President, Executive VP, 1st 2nd VP, 3rd VP, Secretary, Treasurer Region 5: President, Executive VP, 1st 2nd VP, 3rd VP, Secretary, Treasurer Region 6: President, Executive VP, 1st 2nd VP, 3rd VP, Secretary, Treasurer
Statewide Board of Directors:
VP, VP, VP, VP, VP,
December 7, 2023: Drawing for positions on ballot (1:00 p.m.).
December 8, 2023: Local and Unit President labels available.
December 12, 2023: Deadline for campaign literature submission for printing (5:00 p.m.).
December 22, 2023: Voter lists available for inspection.
January 16, 2024: Ballots mailed. January 23, 2024: Replacement ballots available.
February 15, 2024: Deadline for receipt of ballots (8:00 a.m.). Ballot count commences (9:00 a.m.).
Election results will be announced
after the ballot count is complete and certified. Protest period ends 10 days following Statewide Election Committee’s certification of results. Candidates will be notified by mail of the results. Election results will be published in the March 2024 edition of The Work Force.
Individual or Slate Petitions
Persons seeking an office may petition individually or as part of a slate to appear on the ballot.
No person may be a candidate for Statewide and Region office during the same election year. No person may be a candidate for more than one Region office.
In Statewide elections, the slate must contain a candidate for each of the Statewide offices listed herein.
In Region elections, the slate must contain a candidate for each of the Region offices listed herein for the particular Region.
For the Board of Directors elections, slate petitioning is available in those departments or political subdivisions which, in accordance with the CSEA Constitution and Bylaws, are entitled
to more than one Board seat. In such instances, to constitute a slate there must be a candidate for each of the seats to which the department or political subdivision is entitled in that election.
Voting Eligibility Date
Only CSEA members in good standing as of December 1, 2023 will be eligible to vote in the election.
Rules on Running for CSEA Statewide President, Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
To be eligible to seek Statewide office, a candidate must be at least 18 years of
age; a member in good standing of CSEA since January 1, 2023; shall not have been a member of a competing labor association or union since January 1, 2023; shall not currently be serving a disciplinary penalty imposed by CSEA’s Judicial Board; and must not have been the subject of a bonding claim by the Association or disqualified from being covered by the Association’s surety bond.
Any CSEA member who meets the above criteria may become a candidate and have his or her name placed on the ballot for a specific Statewide office by obtaining on official nominating petition forms the printed name, signature, and 10-digit CSEA ID numbers of at least 1,000 CSEA members eligible to vote in the upcoming election. Use of the last four digits of Social Security numbers will not be accepted any longer.
Nominating petition signatures must be of CSEA dues-paying members who are not serving a Judicial Board suspension and who have no delinquent dues.
The term of office starts March 1, 2024 and ends February 29, 2028.
Rules on Running for Region Office
To be eligible to seek Region office,
a candidate must be at least 18 years old; a CSEA member in good standing of the Region since January 1, 2023; shall not have been a member of a competing labor association or union since January 1, 2023; shall not currently be serving a disciplinary penalty imposed by CSEA’s Judicial Board; and shall not have been the subject of a bonding claim by the Association or disqualified from being covered by the Association’s surety bond.
Any CSEA member who meets the above criteria may become a candidate and have his or her name placed on
the ballot for a specific Region office by obtaining on official nominating petition forms the printed name, signature, and 10-digit CSEA ID numbers of at least 500 CSEA members eligible to vote in the upcoming election. Use of the last four digits of Social Security numbers will not be accepted any longer. All signatures must be from the Region where the person is seeking office.
Nominating petition signatures must be of CSEA dues-paying members who are not serving a Judicial Board suspension and who have no delinquent dues.
The term of office starts March 1, 2024 and ends February 29, 2028.
Rules on Running for Statewide Board of Directors
To be eligible to seek office, a candidate must be at least 18 years old; a CSEA member in good standing of the voting jurisdiction for the Board seat being sought, since January 1, 2023; shall not have been a member of a competing labor association or union since January 1, 2023; shall not currently be serving a disciplinary penalty imposed by CSEA’s Judicial Board; and shall not have been the subject of a bonding claim by the Association or disqualified from being covered by the Association’s surety bond.
Any CSEA member who meets the above criteria may become a candidate for a Board seat and have his or her
name placed on the ballot by obtaining on official nominating petition forms
the required number of printed names, signatures, and 10-digit CSEA ID numbers of CSEA members eligible to vote in the election. Use of the last four digits of Social Security numbers will not be accepted any longer.
All signatures must be from the Board seat’s voting jurisdiction where the person is seeking office.
Nominating petition signatures must be of CSEA dues-paying members who are not serving a Judicial Board suspension and who have no delinquent dues.
The term of office starts March 1, 2024 and ends February 29, 2028.
The Statewide Board of Directors consists of representatives of the State Executive Committee and the Local Government Executive Committee.
CSEA Election Schedule for Statewide Officers, Region Officers, Statewide Board of Directors
July 24, 2023: Nominating petition request forms mailed to Local Presidents for distribution, by request. Petition request forms may be filled out and returned to CSEA Headquarters and/or CSEA Region offices ahead of time.
July 24, 2023: Nominating petition request forms will be available from CSEA Headquarters and CSEA Region offices. Petition request forms may be filled out and returned to CSEA Headquarters and/or CSEA Region offices ahead of time. September 5, 2023: First day of the petitioning period. Nominating petitions will not be released until this day.
October 12, 2023: Deadline for nominating petitions to be received at CSEA Headquarters (5:00 p.m.). November 3, 2023: Deadline for review of invalid signatures.
November 20, 2023: Deadline for declinations and name confirmation. December 1, 2023: Voter eligibility date. December 5, 2023: Deadline for candidates who qualify for Statewide, Region or Board of Directors to submit for publication in The Work Force their picture, the entity they work for and the CSEA office they are seeking.
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Election Oversight
The union’s Statewide Election Committee will oversee the election process. The American Arbitration Association, an independent election agency approved by the union’s Statewide Board of Directors, will conduct the balloting.
Any CSEA member who is considering the possibility of running for office may obtain information about the election process by calling the Statewide Election Committee at CSEA Headquarters at 1-800-342-4146 ext. 1447 or 518-257-1447.
Please check the CSEA bulletin boards at your workplace or with your Local President for more election details and documents.