76 Saber Tails Spring 2016
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Club of America
CURRENT
c. If no valid additional nominations are received by
the Recording Secretary on or before November 15th,
the Nominating Committee’s slate shall be
declared elected at the time of the Annual Meeting,
and no balloting will be required.
d. If one or more valid additional nominations are
received by the Recording Secretary on or before No-
vember 15th, s/he or an independent Certified Public
Accountant designated by the Board shall, eight weeks
prior to the date of the Annual Meeting, mail to each
member in good standing a ballot listing all of the
nominees for each position in alphabetical order, with
the names of the states in which they reside along with
a resume for each candidate; together with an enve-
lope marked “Ballot” and a return envelope addressed
to the chairperson of the Tellers Committee or desig-
nated Certified Public Accountant marked “ballot” and
bearing the name of the member to whom it was sent.
The ballots shall be counted by a Tellers Committee of
no less than three members who are appointed for the
purpose of counting the ballots by the Board of Direc-
tors, or by the Certified Public Accountant designated
by the Board. The ballots shall be counted during the
week prior to the Annual Meeting. So that the ballots
may remain secret, each voter, after marking the ballot,
shall seal it in the envelope marked “Ballot” which in
turn shall be placed in the second envelope addressed
to the chairperson of the Tellers Committee or desig-
nated Certified Public Accountant. The inspectors of
election or designated Certified Public Accountant
shall check the returns against the list of members
whose dues are paid for the current year prior to open-
ing the outer envelopes and removing the ballot enve-
lopes, and shall certify eligibility of the voters as well as
the results of the voting which shall be announced at
the Annual Meeting. The ballots and outer envelopes,
with the members’ name(s) as the return address, shall
be retained by the Tellers Committee or Certified Public
Accountant for a period of at least six months follow-
ing the election so that, if requested, a recount can be
conducted following the requirements of this section.
Once a recount is completed, no additional recounts
will be permitted in any one election.
e. Nominations cannot be made at the Annual Meet-
ing or in any manner other than as prescribed above.
f. If the first election following the approval of these
Bylaws is an odd numbered year, those positions
designated herein as elected for two year terms in
even numbered years shall each be elected to one year
terms. If the first election following approval is held in
PROPOSED
•
With the approval of the AKC the voting
process outlined above may be replaced by
electronic balloting provided 80% of the mem-
bers eligible to vote have consented to voting
electronically.
•
The ballots and outer envelopes, with the
members’ name(s) as the return address, shall
be retained by the Tellers Committee or Certi-
fied Public Accountant for a period of at least six
months following the election so that, if requested,
a recount can be conducted following the require-
ments of this section. Once a recount is completed,
no additional recounts will be permitted in any one
election.
• The results of an uncontested election shall be
determined at the Annual meeting by a single vote
cast by the Recording Secretary in favor of the slate
of candidates nominated by the Nominating Com-
mittee. The results of a contested election shall be
announced at the Annual Meeting by the Record-
ing Secretary.
• At the Annual Meeting, or at a special meeting of
the Club, voting shall be limited to those members
in good standing who are present at the meeting,
except for the annual election of Officers, Delegate
and Directors, Amendments to the Constitution
and Bylaws and changes to the Standard for the
Breed, all of which shall be decided by written
ballot cast by mail. Voting by proxy shall not be
permitted. The Board of Directors may decide to
submit other specific questions for decision of the
members by written ballot cast by mail.
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