Louisiana Association of Educators
2011 - 2012 ELECTION PROCEDURES
You can obtain a nomination form below, or by contacting the LAE Headquarters at 800-256-4523. Be sure to check with your local president or Board of Directors representative for more information.
LAE will verify the receipt of a candidate’s nomination form by mail or email. Notification of receipt of a candidate’s form will occur within one day of receiving a nomination form except during the Christmas holiday break. Nomination forms arriving during the holiday break will be receipted on the date the office reopens in 2012.
If you would like to submit your nomination electronically, please send it to laurie.guillot@lae.org and it will be directed to the office of the Executive Director or his designee. Nomination forms can be mailed to the Executive Director at 8322 One Calais Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. All forms must be in the LAE Headquarters office by January 7th, 2012 by 11:59 PM.
For reproduction purposes, photos will only be accepted by mail or email. Quality of the photo may be affected by email in which case the Elections Committee authorizes LAE to contact the candidate requesting a usable photo.
Biographical information composed by the candidates is not to exceed 50 words. This information will be included with the election information/ballot mailed to eligible voters. Bio information will be printed as submitted; it will not be edited for content or grammar.
Candidates are strongly recommended to contact LAE if verification has not been received within one day (three days for mail response) of the expected arrival of the form at LAE. Candidates will be notified via mail by January 15th, 2012 when the nominations have been certified by the Elections Committee.
An article in the LAE Voice will inform members of the scheduled arrival of ballots. It is the responsibility of members not receiving a ballot to contact LAE immediately at 1-800-256-4523 - ext. 201. The office of the Executive Director or his designee will verify that the person who called is a member and will compare the address. That information will be forwarded to the Neutral. The Neutral will verify that the member has not voted and mail a new ballot via first class mail. The Neutral will be directed to mail ballots via first class mail by the last week of February.
The election will be conducted with the voter having a choice of voting methods – paper ballot, telephone or internet. Each voting member will be assigned a unique Personal Identification Number (PIN) to be used when voting by phone or internet. The same PIN will be bar-coded on the paper ballot the member receives. The first vote recorded by the vendor will be the vote counted. March 31st is the deadline for receipt of all ballots by the Neutral. The Neutral will have the election results certified by a notary public. The certification is to be provided to the LAE Executive Director by overnight delivery. The Elections Committee will meet as scheduled to certify the election results. The committee will invite candidates or their representatives to be present during the certification of the results. Candidates will be notified by mail of the election results.
All candidates who receive a majority of the votes cast shall be certified as elected by the Elections Committee. Should no candidate receive a majority of the votes cast, a runoff will be held between the top two candidates. After all election procedures and challenges have been followed, the Elections Committee will declare any unopposed candidate as the winner of the office sought. The ballot will not reflect any unopposed candidates.
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