Nomination And Election Procedures
of the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc.

Adopted 15 February 1992
Revised 31 March 92
Revised 22 July 1997

  1. The Nominations and Elections Committee shall be responsible for determining a valid slate of candidates for upcoming elected positions.
  2. The committee shall review the membership for individuals that desire to serve the SCC and solicit from those persons a written statement of their qualifications and platform for the position sought.
  3. The committee shall present the slate of candidates, along with their qualifications and platform, and ballots, to the membership by mail within 30 days prior to the tabulating of the vote.
  4. The committee shall be responsible for tabulating the results of the mail ballot.
  5. The committee shall notify the Secretary, in writing, of the election results. Election statistics including the total number of votes cast and the distribution of those cast are to be included in the election report. The ballots cast shall be turned over to the Secretary for the records.
  6. The chair of the nominating committee shall be a member of the Board not up for re-election.
  7. The candidates shall be ranked in descending order by number of votes received. If one or more of the nominated candidates is displaced by a write-in candidate, the terms of the displaced candidates shall go to the write-in candidates who displaced them, with longer terms (if there are any) going to the write-ins with the most votes.
  8. All ballots must make provision for write-in candidates.