The Mantle states the following for the election process:
Regiment
Who can vote?
For this election, and this election only, any registered member who currently has access to their local regiment forum will be able to vote. This means those who are currently either Type A or Type B who have access to their local Regiment area on the forum will be allowed to vote. This is the LAST time that Type A members will be able to do this. We are working with the Regiment Command Staff to "clean up" the Regiments and ensure that only those who should have access do. However, this will not be completed prior to this election.
Who can be nominated?
For this election, and this election only. Type B members are eligible to be nominated in this election. We will be reviewing all nominations to ensure that this is followed. Please keep in mind that you MUST be 18 years of age or older to hold an elected position.
Time period?
This portion of the election will run as it should beginning with nominations starting at 12:01 am Pacific on this Wednesday, January 6, 2016 and will continue for a period of 4 days.
At 12:01am Pacific on Sunday, January 10th, 2016, a question-and-answer period begins and runs for 4 days, closing on the Wednesday immediately following.
Commanding Officers are elected by the popular vote of the members of their unit. Voting will open Thursday, January 14th following the question-and-answer period and be available for 4 days, ending on the following Sunday.
Election results will be announced on Monday.
The positions will officially start on April 1st to allow time for us to make sure the elected people have the proper permissions etc. and all transition between command staff can occur.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ELECTION IS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
Rules:
Each nomination needs three parts - nomination, a second (from a different person) and acceptance by the nominated person. If it is missing any of those three, the nomination fails.
If you're going to nominate someone, please speak to them first to ensure that they wish to run. As stated, this is for a two year term.
You can nominate yourself, and you can self second a nomination for you by someone else. However, you cannot do both. The first nomination and the second must in all circumstances come from two different people, but one of those people can be the person being nominated.
The election process will happen in the members only area for each Regiment on this forum. Please tell me as soon as possible if you do not have access to this forum but believe that you should.
Any questions? Please feel free to ask!
Regiment
- Regiment Commanding Officer (RCO) are elected by popular vote of the active members of their respective unit.
- Executive Office and Membership Officer of a Regiment are appointed by their respective CO.
- CO may appoint other administrative positions within their unit as needed.
- Active Deployed members in good standing are eligible to run for CO.
- Deployed members are eligible to nominate and vote in elections within their currently assigned unit.
- Members that are classified as reserve, retired, suspended, or discharged may not vote unless their status has been changed back to active before voting begins. Notice of upcoming elections will be posted on the 405th.com at least one week prior to the beginning of the nomination period.
- Elections for CO positions are held once every two years.
- Elections will begin at 12:01am PST on the 1st Wednesday of January.
- Nominations will be open for 4 days beginning on Wednesday and concluding on the Saturday immediately following.
- At 12:01am PST on Sunday, a question-and-answer period begins and runs for 4 days, closing on the Wednesday immediately following.
- Commanding Officers are elected by the popular vote of the members of their unit. Voting will open Thursday following the question-and-answer period and be available for 4 days, ending on the following Sunday.
- Election results will be announced on Monday.
- The remainder of the month is reserved for transitioning between administrations. Elected candidates will take office at 12:01am PST on February 1st.
- If no one challenges an incumbent leader of a unit, an election may be waived.
Who can vote?
For this election, and this election only, any registered member who currently has access to their local regiment forum will be able to vote. This means those who are currently either Type A or Type B who have access to their local Regiment area on the forum will be allowed to vote. This is the LAST time that Type A members will be able to do this. We are working with the Regiment Command Staff to "clean up" the Regiments and ensure that only those who should have access do. However, this will not be completed prior to this election.
Who can be nominated?
For this election, and this election only. Type B members are eligible to be nominated in this election. We will be reviewing all nominations to ensure that this is followed. Please keep in mind that you MUST be 18 years of age or older to hold an elected position.
Time period?
This portion of the election will run as it should beginning with nominations starting at 12:01 am Pacific on this Wednesday, January 6, 2016 and will continue for a period of 4 days.
At 12:01am Pacific on Sunday, January 10th, 2016, a question-and-answer period begins and runs for 4 days, closing on the Wednesday immediately following.
Commanding Officers are elected by the popular vote of the members of their unit. Voting will open Thursday, January 14th following the question-and-answer period and be available for 4 days, ending on the following Sunday.
Election results will be announced on Monday.
The positions will officially start on April 1st to allow time for us to make sure the elected people have the proper permissions etc. and all transition between command staff can occur.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ELECTION IS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
Rules:
Each nomination needs three parts - nomination, a second (from a different person) and acceptance by the nominated person. If it is missing any of those three, the nomination fails.
If you're going to nominate someone, please speak to them first to ensure that they wish to run. As stated, this is for a two year term.
You can nominate yourself, and you can self second a nomination for you by someone else. However, you cannot do both. The first nomination and the second must in all circumstances come from two different people, but one of those people can be the person being nominated.
The election process will happen in the members only area for each Regiment on this forum. Please tell me as soon as possible if you do not have access to this forum but believe that you should.
Any questions? Please feel free to ask!