When the time has arrived for the election of officers, the president announces that the next business to come before the assembly is the election of officers, and asks for a report from the nominating committee if there is one. Time has proved that it is more satisfactory to have a nominating committee, because the members who serve on the committee usually select candidates for their sincerity, executive ability, patience, tactfulness, and those who inspire enthusiasm and loyalty to the club.
After the chairman or another member of the nominating committee has read the list of candidates, the presiding officer instructs the Tellers to distribute the ballots, then invites nominations from the floor for each office. He should say something similar to this: For President we have Mr. B. A. Williams and Mr. J. K. Thompson (if there are two). Are there nominations from the floor for President?
He invites nominations from the floor for each office separately, then says, Are there any further nominations from the floor for any offices? If there are none, the chair declares nominations closed.
But if a motion is made to close nominations, it requires a two-thirds vote to close them.
- Election of Officers in Small Clubs
- Voting by Ballot
- Tally Sheets
- Counting the Ballots
- Majority, Plurality, and Two-Thirds Vote
- Tellers’ Report in an Election of Officers by Ballot
- Declaring the Election
- Election of Officers in Conventions
- Election by Roll-Call
- Nominations and Elections by Mail
- General Remarks
- The Election of Directors in a Stock Corporation
- When the Secretary May and May Not Cast the Elective Ballot