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8 She notes “our income derives mainly from section membership dues. According to APSA’s count in January, our current membership is 379. We need to maintain a membership of at least 250 per quarter in order to retain APSA’s Organized Section status, which includes the right to be part of the official Program Committee of the Annual Meeting. This report also shows that our expenditures have exceeded our income, but by only a small amount; this has been the pattern over the last 18 months. SECTION BYLAWS I. NAME AND PURPOSE OF SECTION The name of this section is the Section on Representation and Electoral Systems of the American Political Science Association. The purposes of this section are to promote teaching and research in the areas of representation and electoral systems, and to encourage communication among persons interested in these fields within the Association and with related disciplines. II. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Membership in the Section is open to all persons with an interest in Representation and Electoral Systems who pay the annual section dues and their associate or regular American Political Science Association dues. Section 2. Annual section dues may be established at the annual meeting of the section and are payable at the time of payment of associate or regular American Political Science Association dues. Section 3. The annual meeting of the section will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. The announcement of the section’s annual meeting will be published in the printed annual meeting program of the Association. III. GOVERNANCE Section 1. An executive committee consisting of eight members shall be elected at the annual meeting of the section in odd number years for two year terms. Section 2. One of the members of the Executive Committee shall be elected at the annual meeting of the section in odd number years to serve as chairperson. The chairperson of the section shall preside at the annual meeting, call meetings of the executive committee, and be responsible for implementing and coordinating the programs of the section for a two-year period. The chairperson shall appoint three members to serve as a Nominations Committee under the chairmanship of a member designated by the chair-person of the section. The Nominations Committee shall recommend at least one member for each office the terms of which are due to expire at the next annual business meeting. The chairperson shall appoint a Secretary-Treasurer who is responsible for submitting an annual report to the chairperson of the section and to the Executive Director of the American Political Science Association. The chairperson shall appoint other officers
9 from among members of the Executive Committee as the chairperson may consider appropriate. IV. PROGRAMS OF THE SECTION The Section may establish special panels, workshops, symposia, and social gathers at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, and at international, regional, state, and other professional meetings. V. AMENDMENT OF THE BYLAWS The annual meeting of the Section shall have the power to amend by Bylaws of the Section by a majority vote. ELECTIONS, PUBLIC OPINION, PARTIES CONFERENCE The 2008 annual Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties Conference will be held at the University of Manchester (England) on September 12-14, 2008. High quality papers on any aspect of these subjects will be welcomed and there are no methodological biases or prejudices. Panel proposers should complete the Panel Proposal Form (see below) and submit it as an E-mail attachment to conference convenor David Cutts at David.Cutts@manchester.ac.uk. All panels should have a minimum of three papers and a maximum of four papers. All panel proposals forms must be completed in full, including an abstract of each paper. Individuals submitting a paper proposal should submit an abstract of no more than 150 words as an E-mail attachment to David.Cutts@manchester.ac.uk. The deadline for proposals is May 2, 2008. Conference details are available at http://www.epop08.com ELECTION LAW COURT DECISIONS Editor: Richard Winger Ballot Access News E-mail: richardwinger@yahoo.com During the period October 2007 through March 2008, political parties continued to win lawsuits involving their own autonomy when they nominate candidates. There were also significant court developments in voter identification requirements for voting at the polls, and in equal treatment for minor parties relative to campaign assistance from state governments. However, the single most important development in election law in that period may not have been any particular court decision, but the enactment by the Vermont General Assembly of Senate bill 108 providing for the use Instant Runoff Voting for congressional elections. As of the date of this article, we do not know whether Governor James Douglas will sign or veto that bill. No state to date has used Instant Runoff Voting for statewide general elections.
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