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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