# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S137
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Tenth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1902. 137

Amendment of the Regulations for the Elections at
the General Synod.

These regulations are found in the report of the General Synod of
1899, p. 138.

Paragraphs 1 through 10 remain unchanged. The following paragraphs
now read as follows:

§11. The election of all other synodical officers shall be carried
out immediately after the election of the President and the
Vice-Presidents, in the following manner: the names of all candidates
proposed by the committee (see §2 of the regulations) shall be placed
by the election authority on a single ballot and sent to be printed. —
An exception to this is made for such candidates as, having been
recommended by the nominating committee for election by acclamation
of the Synod, have already been elected accordingly by the Synod.

§12. The printed ballots thus bearing the names of all the
candidates shall be handed out — one copy each — to the voting
members of the Synod at an afternoon session. Voters are permitted to
take the ballot given them to their lodgings and there make their
choice by striking out half of the names, namely those of the men they
do not wish as synodical officers.

§13. At the morning session following, the ballots shall be
collected by the election authority and counted in the sacristy of the
church, or in a room separate from the Synod's meeting place, and the
result of the election shall be reported to the Synod by the chairman
of the election authority at the following afternoon session.

§14. As soon as the elections begin, all voting members of the
Synod are to gather in the middle section of the church, or of the
Synod's meeting place, so that time is saved and other inconveniences
avoided.

Charges to the General President.

1. Resolved, that the General President be given authority, in
addition to the preliminary committee — which is to deliberate on the
reports of the educational institutions and submit the requested
grants from the Synod's oversight boards for a resolution — also to
convene other committees, to whose hands important matters are to be
given for deliberation, already some days before the Synod convenes.

2. Resolved, that the General President shall be required, right
at the beginning of the Synod's sessions, to announce a compilation of
all matters to be dealt with, or to submit an order of business to the
Synod.