| Nomination Process
(as it appears in Article III,
Section 9 of the cooperative's bylaws)
Section 9.
Nominations and Elections. The areas to be
served by the Cooperative shall be divided by and at the discretion of the
board of directors into nine (9) director districts, and not less than ten
(10) days nor more than forty (40) days prior to the date of the annual
members' meeting, and in accordance with the mailed notice to each of the
members therein affected, district meetings shall be held at which
candidates for the office of director from each respective district shall
be nominated, and the names of the two (2) candidates receiving the
greatest number of votes (including the number of votes cast for each of
them) shall be certified to the annual meeting members.
At the
annual meeting not more than one candidate from each district shall be
elected to the board of directors.
Election
of directors shall be determined on the basis of a plurality of the votes
properly cast.
The
Secretary of the Cooperative shall include in the notice of the annual
members' meeting and notice of district meetings, a statement of the
number of directors and terms thereof, to be elected.
Notwithstanding anything in this section contained, failure to comply with
any of the provisions of this section shall not affect in any manner
whatsoever the validity of any election of directors.
In case of a tie vote, the tie shall be broken by the
President flipping a coin. |