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.
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