LIUNA ELECTIONS OFFICE
 

One of the campaign rights of candidates in the 2006 delegate election process is the right to a campaign mailing at the Elections Officer’s expense. This mailing is to be carried out by each Local Union shortly after nominations, with the right to seek reimbursement from the Elections Office pursuant to the 2006 Election Rules. To enable Local Unions to meet this obligation while also meeting the other election deadlines required by the Rules, the Elections Officer has revised the 2006 Election Rules as described here. The text of the revisions is attached.

For all Local Unions, the Rules are revised to provide that candidates who wish to make a campaign mailing at the Elections

Officer’s expense must submit their one-page campaign material to their Local within 7 days after the nomination meeting. The Local must then combine all of the timely submitted materials into one mailing to the Local’s members, and that one mailing must be done within 12 days after the nomination meeting. Thus, the Local will have up to 5 days to process and distribute this mailing.

For those Local Unions which will use a mail ballot for the delegate election, the timing of this campaign mailing in relation to the timing of the mailing of ballots is critical. In order to ensure that this campaign mailing will be conducted sufficiently in advance of the mailing of ballots, the revised Rules now require that mail ballots cannot be mailed until at least 3 days after the campaign mailing is completed.

Local Unions, Judges of Election, candidates or members with any questions concerning application of these Rules should contact the Elections Office at 877-232-4047.

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