Executive Board
ARTICLE 38
Executive Officers:
President, Vice President or Vice Presidents, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Three (3) Trustees, Sergeant-at-Arms and Guide.
Should one or more of these officers be absent, the absent officer(s) shall be temporarily replaced by the next officer present, following the above order of hierarchy.
Section 2.The election of Local Union Executive Officers shall take place by secret ballot during May and June and installation shall take place at the regular meeting following the election, except as otherwise authorized by the International Executive Board. After the deadline on accepting nominations has expired, no election of so-called "sticker" or "write-in" candidates shall be considered legal. Election of all Local Union Executive Officers shall require a majority of the votes cast for the office. The membership shall be duly notified at least seven (7) days in advance of the time and place of nominations. A notice containing both the time and place of elections and the time and place of any possible run-off election, shall be given at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the election. At least seven (7) days shall elapse between the time of nominations and the date the election shall take place. The Executive Officers and all other elected officials of Local Unions and units of Amalgamated Local Unions (except Stewards and Committee-persons, who are subject to Article 45) who are elected following the 24th Constitutional Convention shall serve for a three (3) year term.
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