# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1130
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worded to read: “The

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 467

ittee on Nominations shall solicit from the Board of Directors
cers’ Conference of each District in which an educational
tion is located as well as from Boards of Directors or
srs’ Conferences of adjacent Districts the names of suitable
dates for the local Board of Control”; and be it further
a Recommended, That 2.147 B be reworded to read: “The Com-
mittee on Nominations shall solicit names of suitable candidates
the Board of Directors of Concordia Publishing House from
2 fe Boards of Directors and/or Officers’ Conferences of all the
-. pistricts of Synod in the United States.
°° As to Time, Place, and Manner of Balloting, Section 2.155,
‘Synod adopted the recommendation of Committee 6:

Resolution 15
Your Committee

Recommends, The following addition to Synod’s Handbook as
par. 2.155, to wit:

. a) The Committee on Elections shall be responsible for the
preparation of the_ official balloting, and the tabulation of the
votes cast.

b) Tabulation of votes shall be done in the customary manner
of one reader and one tabulator working as a team.

c) The chairman of the committee on Elections shall furnish
a copy of tabulated votes of each election, certified by at least
three members of the Committee, to the convention chairman,
to the Secretary of Synod, and to Synod’s Department of Public
Relations.

d) All ballots shall be separately bundled and preserved until
the close of the convention. The preservation or destruction of all
ballots shall be the specific duty of the chairman of the Committee
on Elections.

As to Primary Election for President, Section 2.127, Synod
adopted the recommendation of Committee 6:
Your Committee Resolution 20

Recommends, That the suggested sentence: “Balloting for can-
didates for the office of President shall be done no later than the
second business session,” be added to Section 2.127, so that this
section reads: “Nominations for the office of President shall be by
primary election. Each voting delegate shall be entitled to one
nomination for the office of President. Balloting for candidates for
the office of President shall be done no later than the second
business session.” .

As to Election of Delegates to Convention, Section 1.53, Synod
adopted the recommendation of Committee 6:

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