Organizational Meeting

Elections . (a) Organizational Meeting. The Board shall hold an annual organizational meeting following the Supreme Court’s appointment of Board members at such time and place as the incumbent Chairperson shall specify. At the organizational meeting, the Board shall elect a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer to serve until the next organizational meeting. (b) Elections. The election of officers shall be by members present, in person or by telephone, and shall be by secret ballot and seriatim in order of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Chairperson shall first call for nominations by secret ballot for Chairperson. After all nominees have been proposed, the Chairperson shall declare the nominations closed. The Chairperson shall select two inspectors of election, who are not nominees. The Office Administrator or designee of the ODC will act as tally clerk. The Chairperson shall recess the meeting while votes are cast and collected for tallying. When the vote is complete, the Chairperson shall call the meeting to order and announce the results. If no candidate has a majority of votes cast, and two or more persons are nominated for the office, the process shall repeat for the two persons with the highest number of votes for the office. Each office will be filled based upon a simple majority of the votes.