Booklet for Newly Elected Officers 2010 - Alzafar Shrine Temple

No person may hold more than one of the foregoing offices at the
same time.
Section 2. Elective Divan
The Potentate, Chief Rabban, Assistant Rabban, High Priest and
Prophet, Oriental Guide, Treasurer, and Recorder shall be elected annually
by ballot and shall constitute the official Divan of the Temple.
Section 3. Appointive Officers
The First Ceremonial Master, Second Ceremonial Master, Director,
Marshal, Captain of the Guard, and Outer Guard shall be appointed
annually by the Potentate.
Section 4. Election
(a) The officers named in Section 2 above shall be elected at the
regular stated meeting of the Temple held on the second Thursday in
December. Election shall be by separate written ballot and by a majority
vote of those present and voting. A blanket ballot is prohibited.
Balloting shall commence not later than 9 o’clock p.m.; when that
hour arrives, all other business shall cease and none other shall be
transacted until the election is concluded. All candidates for office,
including the office of Imperial Representative, must be placed in
nomination from the floor.
Amend 2000 & Imperial 2001
(b) The following shall govern the election of Imperial Representatives:
(1) All candidates must be balloted for on one written ballot.
(2) Each member voting must vote only for the total number
Representatives to be elected; otherwise his ballot cannot be counted
as a vote.
(3) A majority vote of members present and voting is necessary
to elect each Representative.
(4) Only those candidates who receive a majority vote shall be
declared elected.