# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S202
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9. STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

To Bring Bylaw 3.12.2.4 into Alignment with
Bylaw 3.12.2.2, and to Adjust the Election
Time Schedule
RESOLUTION 9-19
Overture 9-24 (CW, 502); Resolution 9-07 (TB, 1:133)

WHEREAS, There are now five candidates for President of
Synod (2019 Resolution 9-07); and
WHEREAS, Current bylaws provide that: “…If no
candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, the two
candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be
retained on the ballot…” (Bylaw 3.12.2.4), and eliminating
the three candidates receiving the fewest number of votes
would undermine the intention of Bylaw 3.12.2.2; and
WHEREAS, The addition of two names to the ballot may
necessitate more than one ballot to reach a majority vote;
therefore be it
Resolved, That Bylaw 3.12.2.4 be amended as follows:
PRESENT/PROPOSED WORDING
3.12.2.4 FourSix weeks prior to the national convention, the
Secretary of the Synod shall provide, via a secure and
verifiable method, opportunity for two voting delegates
from each congregation, as determined according to Bylaw
3.12.2.3, to vote for one of the candidates for President. The
Secretary shall, with the approval of the Board of Directors
of the Synod, obtain the assistance necessary to accomplish
this task. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes
cast, the two candidates receiving the highest number of
votes shall be retained on the ballot, a second or succeeding
ballots are required for a majority; the candidate receiving
the fewest votes and all candidates receiving less than 15
percent of the votes cast shall be dropped from the ballot,
unless only one candidate receives 15 percent or more of the
votes cast, in which case the three highest candidates shall
constitute the ballot, and another vote shall be taken in the
same manner.

Action: Adopted (7)
Floor Committee 9 Chairman Fondow, noted appreciatively
that issues had been brought to the committee’s attention
regarding the impact of Res. 9-07, when combined with the
election process of Bylaw 3.12.2.4, on the election of the
President. The committee read and introduced Res. 9-19,
produced in response to the issues identified.
It was moved to substitute the resolution, “To Conform the
Election of the Synod President to Longstanding Practice,” (TB,
5:389). After speeches by the mover and the committee, the
motion to consider the substitute failed [Yes: 230; No: 653]. It
was moved to end debate, which carried [Yes: 751; No: 121]. Res.
9-19 was adopted [Yes: 805; No: 86].

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