MAPE Election Timetable - Appendix A

MAPE ELECTION TIMETABLE 

Appendix A

Last Possible Date

Action Items

No Later Than

Announce Opening of Nominations

60 days before nominations close

Membership deadline to be eligible as candidate

30 days before nominations close

Nominations Close

33 days before the voting window opens

Candidates accept nomination and affirm their intent to follow MAPE's rules or decline nomination

7 days after nominations close

Candidate Eligibility Report

Report to be published on the MAPE website

14 days after nominations close

Deadline to Protest Candidate Eligibility Report

3 days after Candidate Eligibility Report is published

Revised (if necessary) Candidate Eligibility Report

Report to be published on the MAPE website

3 days after Deadline to Protest Candidate Eligibility Report

Deadline to Protest Revised Candidate Eligibility Report

3 days after Revised Candidate Eligibility Report is published

Membership deadline to be eligible to vote

14 days before the voting window opens

Personal Statements Due

Statements to be published on the MAPE website

14 days before the voting window opens

Voting Opens

14 days before closing the voting window

Voting Closes

No later than May 27

Ballots Tabulated

5 days after voting window closes

Elections Committees Reports

5 days after ballots tabulated

Results posted on the website

As soon as practical after Elections Committees Reports

Protests

5 days after the results are posted on the website

Seating

Statewide Officers: First Board of Directors meeting after June 1. 

Trustees: Immediately after the Elections Committee Report.

Council Members: Immediately after the Elections Committee Report.

Regional Directors: Immediately after the Elections Committee Report.

Negotiations Representatives: In accordance with Bylaws Article VI.

Local Officers: Immediately after the Elections Committees Reports.

Financial Report

10 days after ballots tabulated