8. CANDIDATES FOR MLA NOMINATING COMMITTEE

8.1 Selection of Candidates by Sections

Each Section may submit to the Council the name of one voting member of MLA, chosen in accordance with Section bylaws, as a potential candidate for membership on the MLA Nominating Committee. Representatives facilitate the selection process by advising their Sections of the timetable established by the Elections Committee for the receipt of all candidates' names.

Representatives must obtain from each potential candidate a biographical statement and a signed statement (Appendix 9)of willingness to serve if elected as a member of the Nominating Committee. Each representative is responsible for seeing that 26 completed copies of the form for his/her Section's candidate and a brief statement of the candidates qualifications are provided to the Elections Committee Chair by March 1.

8.2 Restrictions

No person shall consent to candidacy as a Section nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee who has already agreed to be a candidate representing some other unit of MLA, and no candidate shall also be a candidate for an elective office of MLA (including Council and Section officers). No one shall serve on the Nominating Committee as a voting member more than one term during a period of five years.

8.3 Selection of Candidates by Council

Selection of six nominees is made by U.S. mail or e-mail with verification by mail or fax (see Appendix 25). The election results are ratified at the first Section Council meeting at the annual meeting. Each representative votes for six of the nominees, and the six receiving the highest number of votes become the Council nominees. In case of a tie, the Section Council Chair casts the deciding vote. If the names of fewer than six potential candidates are submitted to the Council, it selects additional qualified candidates to bring the total to six.

The names of the first and second runner-ups are kept by the Council Chair in case one of the six elected nominees is unable to run.

8.4 Election Results

The Section Council Chair submits the names and biographical forms of the six nominees and the two runner-ups to the Chair of the MLA Nominating Committee, who places the names on the MLA ballot. The Council Chair notifies Council nominees of their election by mail or e-mail immediately following the annual meeting. Representatives are responsible for notifying their Sections' candidates if they were not selected by Section Council as a nominee. Names of two runner-ups, as well as voting records, will be maintained by the Chair of the Elections Committee for a period of three months.

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