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SMPTE Bylaws Section IX

Subsec. A. Section Nominating Committee

Before the first Monday in January, the Chairperson of the Section shall appoint seven voting members of the Section to form a Section Nominating Committee. The Committee shall consist of the Section Past-Chairperson (or a former Section Chairperson if the Past-Chairperson is not available) who shall act as Chairperson, the Section Chairperson, two other members of the Board of Managers who are serving in the first year of a two-year term, and three other voting members of the Section who are not members of the Board of Managers.

Subsec. B. Nominations

The Section Nominating Committee shall nominate one or more persons for the offices of Section Chairperson and Secretary-Treasurer, and at least two but no more than three persons for each Manager's office to be filled. All nominees shall be voting members of the Section. Nomination shall be made by three-fourths affirmative vote of the Section Nominating Committee.
In addition, each Section Nominating Committee shall select, for consideration by the SMPTE Nominating Committee, two or more persons for each Governor's position to be filled in their respective Region.

Subsec. C. Approval of Nominations

The Section Nominating Committee shall determine that nominees are willing and able to accept the position if elected. No later than the first Monday of February, the list of persons selected for consideration as nominees for Governor shall be forwarded to the Chairperson of the SMPTE Nominating Committee through Headquarters. No later than the last Monday of February, the list of nominees for Section offices shall be presented to the Section Board of Managers. Nominations shall be final unless any nominee is rejected by a three-fourths vote of the Board of Managers, and in the event of such rejection, the Board of Managers shall make its own nomination by majority vote of the members present.

Subsec. D. Election

The list of nominees as approved by the Board of Managers shall be forwarded to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society at Headquarters no later than the first Monday of March. No later than the third Monday of March, the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society shall cause a letter ballot to be mailed to each voting member of the Society residing in the geographical area covered by the Section.
On the ballot, under each office to be filled, the names of those candidates approved by the Section Board of Managers shall be listed along with a blank space in which the name of any other voting member of the Society may be written in. Appropriate space shall be provided on the ballot to indicate a single choice of candidate for each office.
The ballots having been returned to the Secretary/Treasurer at Headquarters in accordance with the accompanying instructions before or on the last Monday of April shall be delivered to the Committee of Tellers appointed by the President. Said Committee shall tabulate the votes not later than the first Monday of May. The election of candidates shall be by plurality vote and, in case of tie, the choice shall be decided by lot. Announcement of the results shall be communicated promptly to the respective Sections.
The newly elected officers shall take office on July 1 of the same year.