1. The election judges will review candidate credentials and certify candidate eligibility according to the MSCSA bylaws.

2. The election process will be open to the Steering Committee, the MSCSA Staff, Officers, Governing Council and Platform Committee members, and voting/non-voting delegates of member associations. Guests of member associations will be welcome to observe the process from a reserved area apart from the voting delegation.

3. Candidates for office will be sequestered during the balloting process. During the candidate forums, candidates for other offices will be sequestered in a designated area.

4. Each Region or GC member will have one (1) question per office, which must be provided to the MSCSA Executive Director at least five (5) business days prior to the start of the General Assembly or Governing Council meetings. A region or GC member that does not provide their question to the Executive Director at least five (5) business days shall be considered to have passed on their question. In fairness to all candidates, any region or GC member that asks a question or passes on a question shall ask the same question to all candidates for any single position or pass on the same question to all candidates for that position. Candidates shall be allowed one (1) minute to answer each question.

 

a. In the event that a Region’s GC Representative and Alternate GC Representative are both considered vacant, each CSG shall be allowed to submit a question for elections to the MSCSA Executive Director in accordance with the same policies and procedures set forth above. The Executive Director shall choose a question from those submitted to be the official question for that Region. Finally, the President shall verify the authenticity of the question with the CSG Presidents of that Region.
 

5. One candidate will have the floor at a time with other candidates for the positions sequestered out of the room at the time of questioning. Each candidate will be given the opportunity to deliver a one (1) minute opening statement and a one (1) minute closing statement. Questions of a personal nature will not be allowed.

6. A list of candidates’ names will be displayed in front of the room, whenever possible.

7. Candidates will be allowed to distribute campaign material in accordance to the guidelines outlined in the MSCSA Candidate Meet-n-Greet Procedures; however, this material cannot be larger than 11” x 17”. No material shall be posted on the property of the conference site, except during the designated Candidate Meet-n-Greet sessions at the MSCSA Spring GA or as directed by the election moderators.