# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S483
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 483

2145 Publication of Committee on Nominations
2147 Duties of Committee on Nominations
2.149 Suggestion of Candidates

2151 Two Candidates for Each Position

2.153 Nominations Submitted to Convention
2.155 Order of Names on Ballot

2.157 Electoral College

Adopted. R. W.R. Gotpen GATE PASTORAL CONFERENCE

Pavut HucuTHausen, Chairman
Cuartes NAHNSEN, Secretary

Re Election Procedures in Election of President
and Vice-Presidents
(Memorial 508)

Wuereas, Our beloved Synod, by the grace of God, has grown
into a church body of two million members, doubling its size in
twenty-five years; and

Wuenreas, In an organization of this size the problem of finding
and selecting suitable candidates for synodical offices becomes in-
creasingly difficult; and

Wuereas, Our present method of electing the President and
the Vice-Presidents of Synod leaves much to be desired; there-
fore be it ,

Resolved, That the President appoint a commission of five men
to restudy our entire system of nominations and elections, and that
this commission be empowered to establish election procedures
for the 1959 convention, according to the following timetable:

1. Appointment of the commission by January 1, 1957;

2. Published report of commission by January 1, 1958;

3. Published report of Nominating Committee for 1959 con-
vention by January 1, 1959.

Tue LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, Fort Wayne, IND.
Hersert LiInDEMANN, Pastor

ACTION
_ ‘The final resolution (No. 47) concerning this matter, was
adopted by Synod, upon recommendation of Committee 6:
‘WHEREAS, The present system of elections at synodical con--
ventions is complicated and time-consuming; and
Wuereas, Methods should be sought to expedite and simplify
election procedures; therefore be it