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BYLAWS
ARTICLE I. BYLAWS
Section 1. The Bylaws shall be for the guidance of the
officers and members of the Section.
ARTICLE II. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1. Nomination of Officers
(a) Nominations of officers of the Section shall be
made by a Nominating Committee.
(b) Nomination of Vice President.
(1) Branch Rotation. Selection of candidates for the
office of Vice President from Branches shall be as follows or as
altered in (c) below:
Years integrally divisible by three - North Branch
First following year - South Branch
Second following year - Central Branch
(c) The Vice President will automatically succeed to
the position of President. If a Branch is unable to nominate a
candidate for Vice President, the rotation continues and the position
is offered to the next Branch in rotation. If this Branch is unable
to nominate a candidate, the position is offered to the next Branch
in rotation. The following year, the Branch having nominated the
candidate for Vice President will relinquish its place in the
rotation to the next Branch in rotation.
(d) Each Branch will be assigned one voting member.
For the remaining six positions, voting representation of each Branch
on the Section Board will be proportional to the relative population
of each Branch within the Section. The number of positions allotted
to each Branch shall be in proportion to the population of the full
Section population (based upon assigned members in the ASCE
membership list dated September 30 of the year prior to the election)
multiplied by the number of positions, rounded to the nearest whole
number. Any discrepancy will be resolved by apportioning the sixth
position to the Branch with the greatest fraction above the
(non-zero) whole number, or by removing a position from the Branch
with the smallest fraction below the whole number.
(e) The Nominating Committee shall certify to the
Secretary not later than February first its list of one or more
candidates, who are Subscribing Members, for each Section office to
be filled for the term beginning at the close of the next Annual
Meeting, and shall secure the consent of the nominees to serve if
elected. The Secretary shall publicly announce this list in March of
the year of the election.
Section 2. Election of Officers
(a) During the first week in March, the Secretary
shall send to each Subscribing Member of the Section a mail ballot
containing the list of official nominees and a space for a write-in
vote for another Subscribing Member candidate for each Section office
to be filled. To be eligible, any write-in vote candidate must be
from the same Branch as the official candidate and must notify the
Secretary in writing before the close of the polls of a willingness
to serve if elected.
(b) Signed mail or facsimile ballots are to be
returned to the Secretary not later than the first Monday in April,
at which time the polls shall be closed.
(c) The Tellers Committee, as appointed by the
President, shall canvass the vote within seven days of the closing of
the polls. The candidate receiving the highest vote cast for an
office shall be declared elected. In the case of a tie vote, the
names of the candidates who have tied for an office shall be placed
on pieces of paper and folded. The member whose name is drawn blindly
by the chair of the Tellers committee shall be declared elected when
only one office is to be filled. Where offices for two or three
Directors are to be filled, tied candidates may be declared elected
to the extent of the vacancies to be filled.
(d) The results of the election shall be announced at
once by the best available means.
Section 3. The Vice-President, at the Annual Meeting
marking the completion of the term in that office, shall assume the
office of President.
Section 4. Selection of the District 1 Director
(a) The President of the Section shall inform the
Branch Presidents of an opening for District 1 Director representing
the State of New Jersey, no later than August 1 prior to the year of
installation of the District 1 Director.
(b) The Branch Presidents shall submit name(s) and
resumes of candidate(s) no later than September 1 to the Section Secretary.
(c) The Section Secretary shall forward the resumes of
all candidates to the Section Board Members.
(d) If there is only one candidate for District 1
Director, the candidate shall be recommended to the District Caucus
upon receiving a 65% majority Section Board vote.
(e) If more than one name is submitted, a special
Board meeting will be held during the last week of October to
recommend one candidate to the District Caucus.
(1) Each member of the Section Board shall carry one
vote and not more than one written proxy. Voting shall be by secret ballot.
(2) The candidates shall be permitted to make a 10
minute presentation with one 5 minute nomination speech.
(3) If there are three or more candidates and no one
candidate receives 65% or more of the Section Board vote on the first
ballot, the candidate receiving the least number of votes on the
first ballot shall be removed from the ballot and the voting
repeated. In the event of a tie for second place during the first
ballot, a runoff election for second place shall be decided by simple
majority. This procedure shall be repeated until either one candidate
receives a 65% majority, or there are only two candidates left and
neither has received a 65% majority.
(4) If there are two candidates and no one candidate
receives 65% or more of the Section board vote on the first ballot,
up to two additional ballots shall be taken. If neither candidate
receives a 65% majority by the final ballot, these two candidates
shall be recommended to the District 1 Caucus.
ARTICLE III. OFFICERS - VACATED POSITIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE
Section 1. A vacancy in the office of president shall
be filled by the Vice-President. Other vacancies shall be filled for
the unexpired term by majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. The Nominating Committee shall, as
necessary, select one or more candidates, who are Subscribing
Members, to fill vacancies in all elected offices of the Section due
to death, resignation, or removal of residence from the New Jersey
Section area as they may occur during a regular term of office and
shall present its recommendations promptly to the Board of Directors
of the Section whose majority vote shall elect the candidate.
Candidates shall be from the same Branch as the vacating Officer or
Director of the Section.
Section 3. The treasurer and directors may serve more
than one consecutive term in the same office. The treasurer may serve
up to six consecutive terms. |
