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TO: Interested League members
FROM: League of American Bicyclists board of directors
DATE: April 17th, 2003
RE: Board election process and timeline
The following memo outlines the procedures which will be following for
tallying the elections for the League of American Bicyclists board elections for
Regions 1, 4 and 6. This memo was amended and approved by the League board of
directors on April 16, 2003. This process is for the current election
cycle. The board will undertake a process to clarify procedures and
policies for elections in general at a later date.
TIMELINE:
At the November 2002 meeting, the nominating committee submitted a timeline
which was accepted. The relevant dates from that timeline:
| April 15, 2003 |
Ballots must be postmarked or in physical receipt of the League of American Bicyclists office in Washington DC. |
| May 6, 2003 |
Completion of counting of ballots |
| May 15, 2003 |
Announce election results to candidates and to the membership via bikeleague news and website |
| June 18, 2003 |
Announce election results in magazine mailing July 18 |
COUNTING:
In November 2002, the board directed that the ballots would be mailed to the League office and counted at the office by volunteers. However, the board has now directed that the ballots will be counted by the Illinois law firm of Howe & Hutton. John Peterson from that firm is the League’s primary legal advisor and will oversee the process. Howe & Hutton regularly counts ballots for a variety of clients.
While the timeline above calls for "completion of counting of
ballots" on May 6th, the board has asked Howe & Hutton to
begin the process of verifying the validity of ballots as soon after receipt as
possible, to insure that counting can be completed on the 6th.
If election results are available prior to the 15th, the board may
choose to release those results sooner.
SHIPMENT OF BALLOTS:
On April 16th, Howe & Hutton sent a representative from their Washington affiliated-office to pick up the ballots from the League office. League board member Joe Stafford oversaw the transfer of ballots from secure storage at the League office to the representative, who will ship them to Howe & Hutton headquarters in Illinois. Another pickup will be scheduled on or about April 30th to collect any ballots that are received after the first pickup.
Any ballots postmarked or physically received after April 15th
will not be considered valid.
BALLOT VALIDITY:
Howe & Hutton is responsible for verifying the validity of each ballot. They will insure that ballots were received timely. They will check each name, address and member number against the League membership database to verify that the membership is current, the member resides in the appropriate district, and that the membership type is eligible to vote (individual or family, versus business or club). While the inclusion of the member’s number on the ballot helps to positively identify the voter and speeds up the process, ballots without member numbers are considered valid, as long as the ballot counting team can match the member name up against the lists. This practice has been standard for the past several League board elections and will be continued for this election.
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