AMC Election results

Survey and Ballot Systems, the election house for the 2013 board election and referenda, reported the following certified results this afternoon. These results include 5,404 returned ballots from 44,101 eligible members with a final participation rate of 12.25%. It is also worth noting that 2,257 ballots were submitted via Web voting and 3,147 paper ballots were returned via regular mail.

Congratulations to all of the winners. To those who were not elected, thank you for being willing to serve Mensa. Questions regarding the election should be directed to Election Chair Megan Edwards at ElectionChair@us.mensa.org.
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The following positions were unopposed and the candidates were declared elected: RVC 1 – Andrew Heffernan; RVC 4 – Ellen Voie; RVC 6 – Roger Durham; RVC 8 – Harold Ward; and RVC 10 – Thomas George Thomas.
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Chair – Daniel Burg is declared elected.
Daniel Burg 3130 59.6%
Robert Salkin 2125 40.4%

1st Vice Chair – Heather Miller Poirier is declared elected.
Heather Miller Poirier 3339 64.5%
John Recht 1841 35.5%

2nd Vice Chair – LaRae Bakerink is declared elected.
Round 1
LaRae Bakerink 2162 41.7%
Debra Reiger 1649 31.8%
Kenneth Silver 1376 26.5%

Round 2
LaRae Bakerink 2752 53.9%
Debra Reiger 2353 46.1%

Secretary – Brian Reeves is declared elected.
Brian Reeves 2888 56.2%
Jared Levine 2254 43.8%

Treasurer – Nicholaus Sanford is declared elected.
Nicholaus Sanford 3569 69.6%
Cary Chilson 1558 30.4%

RVC 2 – Cam Smart is declared elected.
Cam Smart 331 50.1%
Nancy McMahan Farrar 330 49.9%

RVC 3 – Julia Ashley is declared elected.
Julia Ashley 266 55.6%
John Voymas 212 44.4%

RVC 5 – Baker Ring is declared elected.
Baker Ring 232 52.1%
Bertha Clarke 213 47.9%

RVC 7 – Gregory Kontz is declared elected.
Gregory Kontz 179 59.9%
William Jacob Winship 120 40.1%

RVC 9 – Desiree Sagray is declared elected.
Desiree Sagray 333 52.1%
Clark Jones 306 47.9%

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The following bylaw amendments were put before the membership. They required 2/3 of the voting membership to pass. You can find full text of these amendments online athttp://www.us.mensa.org/election.

Bylaw Amendment 1 – Passes.
Yes 4589 92.1%
No 391 7.9%

Bylaw Amendment 2 – Passes.
Yes 4465 89.8%
No 506 10.2%