Policy on Reporting Election Results
This policy was adopted by the Executive Council in October 2015.
Published voting results will include the names and affiliations of the successful candidates and the level of membership participation in the voting (i.e., the number of eligible voters, the number of ballots submitted, and the percentage of voter participation). Vote tallies will not be published, but a candidate may request information about the vote tally in his or her contest. In response to such a request, the staff will refer to the first round of voting and tell the candidate where he or she placed among all candidates and how many votes separated him or her from the next highest vote getter. If the next highest vote getter was not a winning candidate, the information provided will also include the number of votes that separated the candidate from the closest winning candidate.