# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S243
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 248

Wuereas, The special committee has submitted its findings
together with full explanations thereof in Memorial 506, page
452; and

Wnereas, The recommendations of the special committee have
been carefully examined and considered by this committee, there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the pertinent sections of the Handbook be
amended to read as follows:

2.03 Elective Boards
The elective boards shall be .. . (same as heretofore, with
the addition of) A Committee on Nominations.

2.121 Committee on Election

a. A Committee on Elections shall be appointed by the Pres-
ident prior to the convention of the Synod, and the Secretary of the
Synod shall provide it with copies of a manual of suggested elec-
tion procedures. The committee shall make... .

2123 Order of Elections of Executive Officers

First the President and then the Vice-Presidents shall be
elected in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Thereafter a ballot
shall be submitted listing the candidates for Secretary, Treasurer,
and elective members of the Board of Directors, and their elec-
tions shall thereafter be conducted as hereinafter prescribed.

2.137 Election and Ranking of Vice-Presidents

The ballot for the election of Vice-Presidents shall contain
three times as many names as there are Vice-Presidents to be
elected. If on the nominating ballot any candidate receives 75
per cent or more of all votes cast, the rules governing elections
shall be suspended, such candidate shall be declared elected, and
his name shall not reappear on subsequent ballots other than the
final ballot, which determines the rank of the respective Vice-
Presidents-elect. With this exception the names of those candidates
who have received the greatest number. .. .

2.138 Other Elections

Subsequent to the completion of the elections mentioned
above, and in a special period of a convention session determined
and announced in advance by the President and to be devoted
exclusively to this purpose, a ballot listing the candidates for
membership on all other elective boards, commissions, and com-
mittees other than boards of control shall be distributed, and the
election for these offices shall proceed.