The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-11-28
RULES GOVERNING RED CROSS
ELECTIONS

RULES GOVERNING RED CROSS
ELECTIONS
The existing Chapter Executive
Committee. not less than four days
before election. shall appoint three
judges Of election for each Branch
voting place, who will elect their own
chairman, supervise the conduct Of
the election, and count the votes.
Any Red Cross member in good
standing. resident In the Jurisdiction
Of the Branch where his or her vote
Is to be cast. shall be eligible to vote
in the election. Upon presenting hmf-
self or herself at the voting place,
the said member shall receive from
the judges OF election, one ballot
bearing the names of the candidates
nominated by the nominating COM
mittee and by petition. The voter
shall, with pen or pencil, scratch out
the names of the candidates whom
the voter opposes, thus indicating
the voters choice Of the candidates
whose names remain as printed on
the ballot. The voter shall vote for
eleven candidates and no more, The
voter shall sign his or her name to
the ballot and personally deposit the
same In the ballot box. Voting by
proxy or by mail or in any other man.
ner except that which is prescribed
herein shall be prohibited.
The Branch voting places shall be
open from ten O'Clock a. m. to six
o'clock D. m. on election day.
Immediately upon closing the polls.
the judges of election shall count and
tabulate the votes showing in their
tabulation the total number of votes
each candidate receives. They shall
throw out any ballot that is not sign
ed or on which more than eleven
candidates have been voted for or
any ballot deposited by a person who
has previously voted in this election.
The judges shall make two copies of
their report, one to be filed with the
Branch headquarters, and the other
to be sent by mail to the Secretary
of the Chapter Executive Committee
at Chapter headquarters. Both copies
shall be signed by the judges Of cleo
ton.
After counting the ballots, the
judges Of election shall tie them up
In a package, seal them, subscribe to
a certificate on the wrapper that all
the ballots cast are contained therein.
and send or deliver them to the Sec
rotary OF the Chapter Executive Com
mittee at Chapter headquarters, who
shall preserve them for thirty days
following the date of their receipt
Within five days after the election.
the existing Chapter Executive Com
mittee shall meet in special session
to canvass the vote. having access If
desired TO the ballots. The votes re-
ceived by each candidate at each
Branch polling place shall be added
together. and the eleven candidates
who received the highest number of
votes shall be declared duly elected
to membership on the Chapter Elk
eeutive Committee, and shall hold
their office for m year after their
installation or until their successors
qualify.
The Secretary OF the retiring Chap
ter Executive Committee shall call
the newly elected Executive Com
mittee to meet within three days af-
ter the vote has been thus canvassed,
at which meeting the said Secretary
shall preside until officers for the
ensuing year have beeen elected as
follows: Chairman. Vice-Chairman,
Secretary, and Treasurer. All these
officers shall he elected by the new
| Executive Committee either from
their own number. or from the Chap
ter at large, and shall hold their Of
fices for n year after their install
lation, or until their successors quail
ify; provided that the Chairman, Sec
rotary and Treasurer, shall be resi-
dents of the city Cr town In which
Chapter headquarters Is located. The
Vice-Chairman may be a resident .ol
any Branch within the Chapters jur
isdiction. Upon their election, these
| officers shall become ex-officio mem
bers of the Executive Committee,
The newly organized Chapter FIX.
ecutive Committee being responsible
for all Red Cross activities within the
boundary of the Chapter jurisdiction
shall appoint the ten standing con
mittees of the Chapter, and name the
! chairman OF each, which chairman b,
his appointment shall be automatical
1y added to the Chapter Executiv,
Committee, and hold office for one
year after his or her installation. oil
until the successors qualify.
MaudeO Thomas. Chairman
Beaver County Chapter A. II. c