Recall Elections amendment proposal

Amend Article III by inserting the following language as the last-numbered section:

(a) Nationally and regionally elected members of the American Mensa Committee may be removed from office by recall election. A recall election may be called by a petition, originated by a member of the affected constituency, citing the reasons for such action and signed by at least five percent of the affected constituency, either national or regional. Such petition should be sent to the Election Committee Chair; electronic petitions may also be submitted. No recall elections will be entertained during the first six months or the last six months of the regular term of office.

(b) If a valid recall petition is submitted, the ballot for recall will be provided for the affected constituency, either by publication in the next possible issue of the national journal or by separate mail sent to all affected constituency. The ballot shall include:

1) the address to which ballots must be mailed

2) the deadline by which all ballots must be received; such deadline to be not less than 30 days, nor more than 60 days, from the initial date of publication or mailing of the ballots to the affected constituency

3) a brief statement by the proponent of the recall and a response by the affected officer(s), with a word limit to be provided by the Election Committee not to be less than 200 words.

(c) Counting of the recall election ballots shall be done at a time and location made known in advance to the affected constituency, no more than 15 days following the deadline for receipt of the ballots. The result of the recall election will be published in the next possible issue of the national journal. If the recall election is successful, and the recalled officer is a regionally elected officer (a Regional Vice-Chairman), then any Special Election procedures in place to replace regionally elected officers (Regional Vice-Chairmen) should begin in this issue of the national journal.