§ Bylaw 2-4.6 Election of president-elect

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Bylaw 2-4.6. Election of president-elect

    The members of The Florida Bar in good standing shall elect annually a president-elect, who shall become president at the conclusion of the annual meeting following the term as president-elect.

    Only those members who are members in good standing as of February 15 are eligible to vote in the initial election. If a runoff election is necessary, only those members who are members in good standing as of March 15 are eligible to vote in the runoff election.

    Ballots for election of president-elect shall be mailed on or before March 1 to each eligible member of The Florida Bar. Ballots shall be mailed to the member's record bar address. The names of the candidates for the office of president-elect shall be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order. Only those ballots received by The Florida Bar or its representative prior to midnight, eastern time, March 21 shall be counted.

Immediately after March 21, the executive director shall canvass and tabulate the ballots received prior to midnight, eastern time, March 21, certify the results of the election, and file such certificate with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida. The candidate who receives the majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected.

    In the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, a runoff election between the 2 candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be held. Ballots for the runoff election shall be mailed on or before April 1 to each eligible member of The Florida Bar. The runoff ballots shall be mailed to the member's record bar address. The names of the runoff candidates shall be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order. Only ballots received by The Florida Bar or its representative prior to midnight, eastern time, April 22 shall be counted.

    Immediately after April 22, the executive director shall canvass and tabulate the ballots received prior to midnight, eastern time, April 22, certify the results, and file such certificate with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida. The runoff candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected.

    The executive director shall furnish the results of the election to the officers and members of the board of governors of The Florida Bar, as well as to the candidates and, upon request, to any other interested person.