{"content":[{"text":"The Secretary provides the election rules to the membership no later than August \n 15, 2021.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.091627,"width":0.745979,"height":0.03993000000000001}},{"text":"The Elections Committee and Union Secretary should contact AAA to negotiate a \n contract to provide election services; contract should be presented to the NEB for \n vote. The Union Secretary will sign the contract on behalf of the NEB.","bbox":{"left":0.117624,"top":0.15252,"width":0.7505630000000001,"height":0.060387000000000024}},{"text":"Once the NEB has entered into a contract for election services, the Elections \n Committee should work with AAA to come up with a sample ballot and schedule \n the counting of the ballots. \n __________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.117601,"top":0.233871,"width":0.755462,"height":0.080685}},{"text":"September 1:","bbox":{"left":0.117601,"top":0.335519,"width":0.12911,"height":0.019631999999999983}},{"text":"Not later than September 1, the Nominating Committee shall notify the \n membership of the opening of nominations for each of the offices set forth in \n Article IV [Article VI, Section 3], to include the nomination timeline. \n Nominations for President, Executive Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer are \n made by a petition signed by at least 15 members in good standing [Article VI, \n Section 4]. Nominations for Regional Vice Presidents are made by a petition \n signed by at least five members in good standing of the candidate’s region [Article \n VI, Section 4]. Individual personal emails from members who have \n electronically signed a petition within the email will be accepted. Candidates \n are requested to bundle their signed petitions into one PDF document, but \n individual signed petitions will be accepted. The petitions shall be submitted via \n email only to the Nominating Committee, and no person may be a nominee for \n more than one office [Article VI, Section 4]. \n __________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.117578,"top":0.376115,"width":0.756583,"height":0.283821}},{"text":"September 25:","bbox":{"left":0.117601,"top":0.681059,"width":0.14048899999999998,"height":0.019631999999999983}},{"text":"Nominations close at midnight on September 25 [Article VI, Section 3]. \n ________________________________________________________________","bbox":{"left":0.117578,"top":0.721655,"width":0.732438,"height":0.03992899999999988}},{"text":"After September 25:","bbox":{"left":0.117578,"top":0.782548,"width":0.19834599999999997,"height":0.019631999999999983}},{"text":"Upon closing, the Nominating Committee shall “promptly” notify nominees of \n their nominations after they are certified by the Secretary [Article VI, Section 5].","bbox":{"left":0.117578,"top":0.823303,"width":0.740803,"height":0.03993000000000002}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}