Adams Electric Election & Credentials Committee

The Election & Credentials Committee is made up of 12 randomly selected member volunteers representing all nine zones. One member from each director zone is selected for the committee by the board at their December meeting. A second committee member is also selected for the three zones where the board member is up for election that year.
The Election Committee supervises the process for electing directors. This includes acting as a nominating committee in the event that no petition is received from a zone where a director is to be elected.
Committee members fulfill their responsibilities during the following meetings:
• Early February, an organizational meeting is held to validate the candidate petitions.
• Mid-February for a candidate meeting if applicable.
• March at the member meetings, a committee member gives an Election Committee report in their zone. If there is a contested election in a zone, the two committee members from that zone count ballot position election votes to determine the order of the names in that zone on the top of the general election ballot.
• Friday, the day before the annual meeting, committee members count mail-in ballots.
• Saturday, at the annual meeting, committee members count the ballots cast in person and announce the winners of the election.
For each meeting attended, the members of the Election Committee receive a small stipend and are reimbursed for mileage.

OVERSEEING THE 2010 ELECTION: Adams Electric’s independent Election and Credentials Committee met in February to certify candidates running for open seats on the co-op’s board of directors.