Table of Contents

Runbook

Item Date Notes
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Close nominations. One week before election date.
ID checks Before or on election date. Confirm in WHMCS that persons have shown their ID to at least two members of the Board of Directors.
Form prep for Electronic Ballot BEFORE sending out election email. Copy blank template into new form for current year's election. Ballot Google form is here: https://forms.gle/dgc9DuhZQYbXWdCUA
Post Meetup date with election info. One month before election date. Meetup should include link to Mailchimp email and nominations KB.
Set up voting computers and/or QR codes. Two days before and on election date. Members may use computers set up in-person to vote on, or, be provided a QR code to scan and vote from their smartphone.
Open the polls. 3:00pm, day of election. Members may vote.
Call for final proxy votes via Discord and at physical location. Two days before election date. Note that proxy votes MUST be in 24 hours before the date of the election.
Inform membership of upcoming elections and open nominations. One month before election date. Notification is by email: template is in Mailchimp. Send out email, and post link to email on relevant outlets. (Discord, FB, Twitter, etc.)
Close the polls. 5:00pm, day of election. Polls are closed to further votes, including proxy votes.
Email ballot to proxy voters. 3:00pm, day of election. Secretary should email a link to the electronic ballot at 3:00pm, the day of the election.
Coordinate with secretary to fill out election nominations chart on KB. One month before election date. Secretary should fill out relevant nominations and post to KB page as they are accepted. Persons nominated must have been a member for at least 6 months.
Announce results. After 5:00pm, day of election. Secretary will post to the KB page newly elected persons.
Form prep for Proxy Vote Inquiry BEFORE sending out election email. This is in lieu of emailing the secretary. Copy blank template into new form for current year's election. Inquiry form is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1d6UA2lrGWKhSDPMJozDGJxtYRoKWleDHVN3ztsEXNeU/edit
Vote count. 5:00pm, day of election. Votes are confirmed by the Secretary, and a previous floating board member.
Post physical information regarding elections in TheLab's location. One month before election date.
Edit electronic ballot. One week before election date.

Links

Old Records

The old wiki's elections page is archived below.

kb-elections-page.pdf