LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1977, Page 162

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162 RESOLUTIONS

To Clarify Method
of Electing Delegates
RESOLUTION 5-08
Overture 5-45 (CW, pp. 185—186)

WHEREAS, There has been considerable confusion
regarding some of the wording of Bylaw 1.53 (Election
of Delegates); therefore be it

Resolved, That the wording of Bylaw 1.53 be
clarified in the following way:

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 pastoral delegate. The congrega-
tion 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. 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
congregational nominees shall be eligible for elec-
tion. The election shall follow the same procedure as
in paragraph “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 delegate 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
declared the alternate pastoral delegate. The con-
gregation 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.

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 lay person
from each member congregation of the circuit, both
of whom shall have been selected in the manner
prescribed by the congregation. 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 shall 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. Prior to the meeting of the electoral circuit,
each congregation may nominate one lay person,
either from its congregation or from the circuit.
These names must be submitted to the Circuit
Counselor prior to the day of the circuit meeting and
shall constitute the slate of candidates. All con-
gregational nominees, except those who have been
eliminated through the election of the pastoral
delegate, shall be eligible for election. Each delegate
may write in the name of two of the remaining lay
nominees on the initial ballot. The three lay persons
(or more, in case ofa tie vote) who received the highest
number of votes in this preliminary ballot shall 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 lay person shall have
received a simple majority of all votes cast,
whereupon he or she 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 alter-
nates to that particular convention.

c. All other pastors who received votes in the
initial write-in ballot, except those who were
eliminated through the election of the lay delegate,
shall be eligible for election as the alternate. 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
alternate pastoral delegate. The congregation or
congregations served by him shall be removed from
consideration for supplying the remaining lay alter-
nate.