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Section 1. Designation and Number:

There shall be a Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission composed of eleven (11) Commissioners who shall be regular members of the Association, to exercise general supervision over all Association elections except where noted in these By-laws.

Section 2. Powers and Duties.

The Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission shall have all the powers and duties necessary for the general supervision of all Association elections, except where noted in these By-laws, including negotiated agreement balloting, referendum questions, or general Association polls, and may do all such acts and things as are not by Association policy or by these By-laws prohibited. The powers and duties of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

a) Adopt rules and regulations for the nomination, election, and adoption of Association election results as approved by the Board of Directors.

b) Review the credentials of persons seeking Association office and certify them as candidates for election.

c) Establish procedures for the preparation, distribution, receipt, counting, and certification of all Association balloting.

d) Maintain accurate records for Association files of all pertinent details concerning an election or balloting.

e) Certify duly elected officers, faculty representatives, delegates, and others.

f) Provide an appeal procedure to hear election challenges except as otherwise provided in these By-laws.

g) Present each representative having perfect attendance with a Certificate of Merit at the end of each school year. Shall inquire as to the status of representatives absent for three (3) consecutive meetings.

h) Meet from time-to-time with the Board of Directors for advice and counsel when requested to review any problem before the Commission.

During the month of May prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Representative Council, the Board of Directors shall nominate any Association regular member who is in at least his/her second year of Association membership for election to the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission by the Representative Council. The Representative Council may add nominees to the Board’s slate of nominees.

The term of office for members of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission shall be for two (2) years. New Commissioners take office on June 1 of the year in which the election shall have occurred and terminate on May 31 two (2) years following. At the May Representative Council meeting, the Chairperson of the Representative Council will select faculty representatives, who are not Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission members or nominees, to prepare the ballot, conduct the election, count the ballots, and to certify the winners.

Section 5. Election of the Chairperson and Term of Office. The person receiving the highest number of votes on the ballot shall call an organizational meeting of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission within two (2) weeks following the election to conduct an election of the Chairperson of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission from among the Commissioners. The Chairperson’s term shall be for one (1) year beginning June 1 of the year in which the election shall have occurred and terminating May 31 thereafter.

Section 6. Ex-Officio Representative Council Members.

All members of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission are ex officio members of the Representative Council without vote. No member of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials may serve as a Faculty Representative of the Representative Council during the period he/she is a member of the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission.

Section 7. Vacancies.

Vacancies on the Nominations, Elections, and Credentials Commission shall be filled by a special vote of the Representative Council at any meeting of the Council to serve out the unexpired term of the Commissioner in the same manner as enumerated in Article IX, Section 5. .