# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S131
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130 RESOLUTIONS

PRESENT WORDING PROPOSED WORDING

1.53 Election of Delegates

a. Each electoral circuit shall meet at the call of
the Counselor(s) to elect its delegates not later than 9
months prior to the opening day of the convention. The
election shall be by written ballot. All pastors who are
not advisory members under Article V B shall be
eligible for election. The privilege of voting shall be
exercised by one pastor and one layman from each
member congregation of the circuit. Multiple parishes
shall be entitled to a lay vote from each member
congregation. Each delegate shall vote for two pastors,
and balloting shall continue with the lowest candidate
being removed from each succeeding ballot until one
pastor shall have received support from a majority of
the voters, whereupon he shall be declared the pas-
toral delegate. The congregation or congregations
served by the elected pastoral delegate shall be re-
moved from consideration for supplying any other
voting delegate or alternate for that particular conven-
tion.

b. Prior to the meeting of the electoral circuit,
each congregation shall nominate one layman, either
from its congregation or from the circuit, the name to
be submitted | to the Circuit Counselor. All congrega-
tional nominees shall be eligible for election. The
election shall follow the same procedure as in para-
graph “a” above, until a lay delegate has been chosen
by majority vote, whereupon he shall be declared the
lay delegate. The congregation from which the lay
delegate has been elected shall then be removed from
consideration for supplying any remaining voting dele-
gate or alternate to that particular convention.

c. Balloting shall continue in the same manner on
the remaining pastoral candidates until another has
gained majority support, whereupon he shall be de-
clared the alternate pastoral delegate. The congrega-
tion or congregations served by the elected alternate
pastoral delegate shall be removed from consideration
for supplying any other voting delegate or alternate
for that particular convention.

d. Balloting shall continue in the same manner on
the remaining lay candidates until another has gained
majority support, whereupon he shall be declared the
alternate lay delegate.

e. The Counselor(s) shall report the results of the
election to the Secretary of the District in writing
immediately after said election. If neither the delegate
nor the alternate (pastoral or lay) can serve, the
vacancy shall be filled by the District President in
consultation with the respective Circuit Counselor(s).

1.53 Election of Delegates

a. Each electoral circuit shall meet at the call of
the Counselor(s) to elect its delegates not later than 9
months prior to the opening day of the convention. The
election shall be by written ballot. All pastors who are
not advisory members under Article V B shall be
eligible for election. The privilege of voting shall be
exercised by one pastor and one layman from each
member congregation of the circuit. Multiple parishes
shall be entitled to a lay vote from each member
congregation. Each delegate may write in the name of
two pastors on the initial ballot. The three pastors (or
more, in case of a tie vote) who receive the highest
number of votes in this preliminary ballot shail be
placed on the next ballot. Each voter shall now vote for
only one candidate. Balloting shall continue with the
lowest candidate being removed from each succeeding
ballot until one pastor shall have received a simple
majority of all votes cast, whereupon he shall be
declared the pastoral delegate. The congregation or
congregations served by the elected pastoral delegate
shall be removed from consideration for supplying any
other voting delegate or alternate for that particular
convention.

b. (remains unchanged)

c. Balloting shall continue in the same manner on
the remaining pastoral candidates (two candidates
except in case of a tie vote on the initial balloting)
until another has received a simple majority of all
votes cast, whereupon he shall be declared the alter-
nate pastoral delegate. The congregation or congrega-
tions served by the elected alternate pastoral delegate
shall be removed from consideration for supplying any
other voting delegate or alternate for that particular
convention.

d. Balloting shall continue in the same manner as
in paragraph c on the remaining lay candidates until
another has received a simple majority of all votes
cast, whereupon he shall be declared the alternate lay
delegate. :

e. (remains unchanged)

Action: Recommitted to the floor committee (11).

(Referral was voted after the assembly had amended the
fourth sentence of par. a to read: “.. . one pastor and one lay
person properly elected from each member congregation of the

circuit.”)

eee

To Clarify Method of date, and balloting shall continue with the lowest candi-

Electing Delegates date...

RESOLUTION 5-21A

.” (omit 7th and 8th sentences).
Proposed Bylaw 1.53 b: As proposed.
Proposed Bylaw 1.53 c: “The alternate pastoral dele-

(The floor committee filed with the Secretary the following gate shall be elected in the same manner as the pastoral

revisions which, however, could no longer be included in Today’s

Business) delegate. The congregation or congregations served .. .”
Proposed Bylaw 1.53 a: Insert after the 6th sentence: Proposed Bylaw 1.53 d: “The alternate lay delegate

“If a pastor has not received support from a majority of shall be elected in the same manner as the lay delegate.”

voters on the initial ballot, on the second ballot, and each Proposed Bylaw 1.53 e: “No person shall be elected to

succeeding ballot, each delegate shall vote for one candi-