Constitution Article 11 Section 4

Section 4

Elections: (a) Elections shall be conducted among all regular members in good standing voting by secret ballot. Ballots shall be printed and mailed to members’ last‐known home addresses by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), or by another similar organization chosen by the Election Committee supervising the election of National officers (“another similar organization”), between 30 and 40 days after the conclusion of the Convention. All ballots returned by eligible voters to the secure location determined by the AAA or by another similar organization within 30 days after the initial mailing shall be counted by the AAA or by another similar organization. (b) All regular members in good standing who are employed by the U.S. Postal Service or by any other employer with operations directly or indirectly related to postal and mail handling or by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union or an affiliated organization shall be eligible to vote. (c) The ballots shall be collected and counted by the AAA or by another similar organization promptly after the voting deadline has passed. Each candidate and one or, if necessary, more observer(s) named by the candidate shall be entitled to be present during all phases of the preparation, mailing, and counting of ballots and to challenge ballots. All ballots shall be accounted for and retained, together with other records pertaining to the election, for a period of 12 months following the election. (d) Those candidates who receive a majority of the votes cast by eligible voters shall be declared the winners and shall be installed in office by the LIUNA General President or his/her designee within 72 hours of the conclusion of the ballot count. The newly elected officers will be administered the following oath of office. I, ___________ , do solemnly pledge on my honor to recognize and comply with all of the provisions of the Constitution of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, a Division of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, AFL‐CIO, and with all rules, regulations, policies, practices, and decisions adopted in furtherance of the administration of the Mail Handlers Union and to honestly and faithfully perform my duties for and on behalf of the membership of this Union.