LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — January 25–26, 2013, Page 36

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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
congregational nominees, except those who have been eliminated through the election of the
pastoral delegate, shall be eligible for election.
(1) Each voter may write in the name of two of the remaining lay nominees on the
initial ballot. The three laypersons (or more, in case of a tie vote) who received the
highest number of votes in this preliminary ballot shall be placed on the next ballot.
(2) Each voter shall now vote for only one candidate. Balloting shall continue with the
lowest candidate being removed from each succeeding ballot until one layperson shall
have received a simple majority of all votes cast, whereupon he or she shall be declared
the lay delegate.
(3) The congregation from which the lay delegate has been elected shall then be
removed from consideration for supplying any alternates to that particular convention.
(f) 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.
(1) Each voter shall now vote for only one candidate.
(2) 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.
(3) The congregation or congregations served by him shall be removed from
consideration for supplying the remaining lay alternate.
(g) All lay nominees except those who have been disqualified through the procedures listed
above shall be eligible for election as the alternate lay delegate. The election of the alternate
shall follow the same procedure as in paragraph (f) above.
(hf) All four personsDelegates elected shall come from four different member
congregations.
(ig) The circuit counselor(s) selected to chair the caucus shall report the results of the
election to the secretary of the district in writing immediately after said election.
(jh) If neither the delegate nor the alternate (pastoral minister of religion--ordained or lay)
canis able to serve, the vacancy shall be filled by an appointment made by the district
president in consultation with the respective circuit counselor(s).
3.1.2.2 Voting delegatesDelegates shall serve from the time of election until the next district a threeyear term beginning with the convention, shall functioning as advisory members of the circuit
forum, shall serve as resource persons in the circuitto the congregations they represent and to the
district and national Synod, and shall assisting in the dissemination and implementation of
reports and resolutions of the Synod in the circuitnational convention.
(a) Delegates are responsible to the circuitscongregations they represent and shall attempt to
discover the sentiment of the members thereof., but the congregations (b) Congregations
shall not require their delegates them to vote in accordance with specific instructions, but
every delegate shall be permitted to vote according to his or her own conviction.
(cb) Delegates are expected to be faithful in attendance atshall attend all sessions of the
convention. All duly elected voting delegates shall attend all sessions regularly until the
close of the convention. Delegates who arrive late or leave early or who do not attend at all
shall and present a written excuses to their district presidents for all absences, late arrivals,
and early departures.
(d) Delegates shall report the actions of the Synod to their circuits after each convention,
preferably appearing before each of the congregations they represent.
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