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Rule 351 Bylaws

Rule 351. Nominations and Elections of Officers.

(a) Nominations for the General Officers of the Association made by the Nominating Committee or by petition pursuant to the Bylaws, shall be certified to the House by the Secretary.

(b) In elections by the House, each office to be filled shall be voted for separately. When there is more than one nomination, voting for the General Officers of the Association shall be by written ballot. In the event there is more than one candidate for any office, the presiding officer shall appoint five Delegates in the House to act as tellers who shall have charge of the preparation, distribution, collection and counting of the ballots.

(c) Balloting for an office shall proceed until one candidate shall have received a majority of all votes cast.