Constitution Article 12 Section 3

Section 3

Local Unions and subordinate body delegates to a National Convention shall be elected by secret ballot in accordance with rules adopted and promulgated by the National Executive Board. Such rules shall require that, in order to qualify as a candidate for delegate, a regular member shall be required to have been in continuous good standing in the National Postal Mail Handlers Union for a period of two years and in continuous good standing in his/her Local Union for a period of two years immediately prior to nomination and current in the payment of dues, and s/he cannot have applied for or been employed in a supervisory or managerial capacity by the Postal Service (including any EAS position involved in discipline of employees or application of the National Agreement) for any time during that period, or by the USPS Office of Inspector General or the Postal Inspection Service (including as a confidential informant) for any time during that period. These requirements relating to continuous good standing, payment of dues, and applying for or being employed as a supervisor or manager also must be satisfied during the period from nomination as a candidate for delegate through the adjournment of the Convention. All Local Union Presidents shall be delegates of their Local Union to any National Convention which may take place during their term of office. When serving as a delegate under this paragraph, the Local President may not vote in officer elections at the National Convention unless, during the most recent election of Local Union officers, the notices to regular members and/or ballots stated that by virtue of his/her election as Local President or Vice President, the officer is automatically a Local Union delegate or alternate delegate (for the President) to all Conventions of this Union conducted during the term of office. In the event that a Local Union is to be represented by a single delegate, either because the Local Union is entitled to send only one delegate or because the Local Union Council decides to send only one delegate, the Local President (or the Local Vice President as an alternate for the Local President) shall automatically occupy such position and no separate election of delegates shall be conducted. Such a single delegate may vote in officer elections held during the Convention only if, during the most recent election of Local Union officers, the notices to regular members and/or ballots stated that by virtue of his/her election as Local President or Vice President, the officer is automatically a Local Union delegate or alternate delegate (for the Local President) to all Conventions of this Union conducted during the term of office.