- Eligibility of Voters
- In accordance with the Three Parks Constitution, in order to vote to endorse candidates and for the Board and officers, you must be a member. New memberships do not become effective until one month after the first dues are paid. Dues paid by new members in the last three months of 2022 will be credited to 2023.
- Members who paid dues for 2022 before October 2022 and who wish to vote in 2023 must have paid 2023 dues by Monday, February 6th.
- To be eligible to vote, in addition to having your dues current, you must have attended, as a member, at least one monthly Club meeting on Zoom any time between August 2022 and January 2023. The Eligible Voters List will be posted on the Club website prior to each meeting in accordance with the Club Constitution.
- The preferred method of paying dues is through PayPal.
- Members will not vote at Zoom meetings. Directly after the meeting ends, eligible members will receive an electronic ballot by email. You will have 48 hours in which to vote.
- If you believe you are eligible and do not receive a ballot, please contact the Membership Director, Theresa Canter.
- Balloting
- Members will vote by secret ballot.
- “No Endorsement” will always be an option on endorsement ballots. It is not applicable to the election of officers.
- A candidate must receive a majority of 50% plus one of the votes cast in order to win the Club’s endorsement. Should no candidate receive that number of votes, the candidate receiving the fewest votes and candidates receiving less than 15% of the ballots cast will be dropped from the ballot. Then a second vote will be taken. When balloting for Club officers fails to produce a majority, there will be a runoff between the two highest vote getters.
- Ballots will be counted automatically by the company, Election Runner, that operates the voting program. The company will post the results on its website, which will be communicated to Three Parks members.
- Every effort will be made to accommodate members who cannot vote electronically. If this applies to you, or anyone you know, please inform Theresa Canter . All eligibility requirements will apply.
- Candidates
- To be considered eligible to speak at a Three Parks endorsement meeting, a candidate must at least be registered with the NYC Campaign Finance Board or the NY State Board of Election. This does not apply to Party positions.
- Candidates may submit a one-page statement for the Club’s Endorsement webpage to Lorraine Zamora .