Information for Election Candidates

CAMPAIGNING ISSUES

  • Candidates may submit up to 100 words for inclusion in the newsletter. Please contact the Secretary-Treasurer to make arrangements.
  • Upon request, the Local can provide you with mailing labels (at the Local’s cost of $.25/page) or a database of names and addresses of voters; please make your requests to the Secretary-Treasurer. If feasible, the Local will honor any reasonable requests for targeted mailing lists.
  • Union/Employer fund may not be used to support your candidacy; this includes use of facilities, equipment, or supplies and the use of union letterhead. Campaigning may not be done on time paid for by the union.

VOTING ISSUES

  • You may inspect the list of voters once within 30 days before election day; please contact the Secretary-Treasurer to make arrangements.
  • You are entitled to have observers present when the ballot envelopes are stuffed, labeled, and mailed; when ballots are transported to and from the Post Office Box; and when ballots are counted. Observers are entitled to observe but may not count or handle the ballots themselves. Please contact the Election Committee Chair for dates, times, and locations.
  • Candidates will be listed on the ballots in alphabetical order; if you wish to be listed with other than your legal name (i.e. stage name or nickname) please contact the Election Committee Chair.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS

  • Please address any questions you may have to the Election Committee Chair
  • Please report promptly any violations of election procedures to the Election Committee Chair

Election Committee Chair:

Scott Whitney

Phone: 954-989-5105

Email: rootfive@bellsouth.net

Secretary-Treasurer:

Jeffrey Apana

Phone: 954-925-1996

Home Phone: 954-563-7563

Email: jeff@afm655.org


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