The council needs to determine how to run the election. Bouton's task force can help out with the elections or they can bow out during the elections. They will help out at the request of the faculty council executive committee. Joe Broder covered electronic balloting may be an important tool to speed up the election. A handout indicated the structure of the new council.
Ballot needs to be timely, efficient and ensures faculty participation.
The election process needs a nomination process at the department level and votes taken at that level in a short time. Each department can have up to 6 ballots and there are 800 faculty that need to vote and in addition to the public service faculty votes. Broder presented a mock ballot and demonstrated the election process that has to be carried out. The electronic balloting can be set up on the web. The electronic process can guarantee anonymity but can not be confidential.