# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S763
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK 179

ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AND BOARDS

217. Committee on Elections
A Committee on Elections shall be appointed by the
President prior to the convention of Synod. The Com-
mittee shall make the necessary provisions for elec-
tions and shall conduct and supervise the elections
according to Synod’s regulations.

S. H. 59. IT ‘ ;

219; Order of Election of Executive Officers
The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary,
and the Treasurer shall be elected in the order here
given.

S. H. 59 ff.

221, Majority and Plurality of Votes
A majority of all votes cast shall be required to
elect the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary,
and the Treasurer. For all other elections a plurality
is sufficient. .
S. H. 60. d

223, Primary Elections for the Office of President
and Vice-Presidents

Nominations for the office of President and Vice-
Presidents shall be effected by primary elections. In
these primary elections each voting delegate shall be

entitled to one nomination for the office of President
and one for each Vice-President.

225, Candidates for the Office of President
Candidates for the office of President shall be the
five persons who receive the largest number of votes
in the primary election, even though a candidate re- .
ceives a majority.
S.H. 60. b

227, Ballots for Presidential Election
After the candidates have been nominated, ballots
shall be printed, and the election shall be held in a
later session under the supervision of the Committee
on Elections.
S.H. 60. ¢

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229, Election of President

If on the first ballot no candidate receives a ma-
jority vote, the name of the candidate who received
the smallest number of votes shall be stricken from
the list, and a new ballot shall be taken. This pro-
cedure shall be continued until one candidate has
received a majority of the votes cast.

S. H. 60. e

231, Primary Election for Vice-Presidents
The: primary.-election.for thenomination of candi-
dates for the offices of Vice-Presidents shall be held
after the President has been elected. ;
S. H. 60. f , °

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