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f) The RDNC shall monitor incoming nominations to assurethat at the least the minimum number of candidates nominatedin each region will fill the number of Directors relativeto that region and shall take action to stimulate nominationsif any Region is not generating enough nominationsto fill the respective number of Director positions open inthat region. Such action would include:i. Sending notices directly to each affiliate in the region.ii. Networking for candidate recommendations that theRDNC could then encourage an affiliate to nominate.iii. Networking for candidates to be write-in nominees.g) The RDNC shall verify that candidates meet the requirementsof the position. The RDNC shall also verify that candidatesunderstand the commitments of serving on theBoard of Directors.h) Candidate biographies shall be organized by region forpublication on the NRHA website, in the NRHA Reiner magazine,and distributed to respective affiliates for inclusionin their newsletters.Section 3. Elections.a) Regional Director elections shall be conducted by onlineelectronic voting (eBallot) and alternative/absentee paperballoting.b) Specific election dates shall be determined for each regionbased on the dates of their respective RAF, which willallow at least thirty (30) days for votes to be placed eitherelectronically online, or by absentee paper ballot. The eBallotonline voting option and absentee paper ballot votingshall terminate 7 days prior to the start of the RAF. Votingin person by paper ballot shall be available during the RAFon the RAF show grounds and shall terminate at 2:00 pmon the last Saturday of each respective RAF.c) An NRHA staff member shall be designated “Elections Administrator.”This person should also be the RDNC staff liaison.They will:i. Agree to maintain the integrity and confidentiality ofthe Regional Director elections.ii. Set up the online eBallots with the assistance of andunder the direction of the RDNC.iii. Interface with eBallot as necessary.iv. Draft and send election notices and voting instructions.v. Maintain voter eligibility lists specific to each region andintegrate them with the eBallots.vi. Fulfill requests for paper ballots.vii. Input properly completed and sealed paper ballotsin the eBallot system.viii. Finalize the tally of each regional director electionand announce the results.d) During the week before each region’s election opens, allmembers of the respective region will be provided with vot-30
ing instructions and unique login password that will allowaccess to their specific region’s online eBallot. Instructionswill contain information about how a paper ballot may beobtained if a member chooses not to vote electronically.e) Members will e-mail addresses on file with NRHA will receivethis information via e-mail. Members without an e-mailaddress on file, and those with e-mails that bounce back,will be sent this same information by regular mail.f) Any eligible member choosing to vote by traditional paperballot may e-mail, fax, or call the NRHA Elections Administratorto request an absentee paper ballot or vote inperson at their respective RAF by paper ballot, which shallbe available there. (No ballots will be printed in the NRHAReiner or available for download off the website)g) Voters choosing to use paper ballots shall include theirNRHA number, signature, printed name and date where indicatedon the ballot. They shall place the ballot into an envelope,seal it, and sign their name ACROSS the seal. Any incompleteballot or improperly sealed ballot envelope shallrender the ballot invalid.h) Sealed paper ballots shall be mailed/delivered to the NRHAElections Administrator, who is the only person allowed toopen them. Upon opening a ballot envelope, the ElectionsAdministrator shall immediately input the absentee paperballot vote into the eBallot system, thereby integrating it withthe online voting process where it will be included in theresults of the election. All paper ballots shall be input no laterthan the end of the business day following the day theyare received by the Elections Administrator.i) The NRHA staff person who attends each RAF shall workin conjunction with the Elections Administrator and agreeto uphold the integrity of the election. They shall also workin conjunction with the hosting affiliate to conduct paperballoting, which will be available until 2:00 pm on the lastSaturday of the respective RAF at which time the NRHA staffperson shall be responsible to collect any paper ballots completedduring the RAF, count the votes, add these paper ballottotals to the eBallot totals provided by the Elections Administratorand produce the results of the election by thatsame Saturday evening during the RAF show. The NRHA staffperson shall return the paper ballots collected at the RAFto the Elections Administrator where they will be counteda second time and the results validated.j) Upon completion of the validated final tally by the ElectionsAdministrator, the respective region’s election resultsshall be immediately released via e-mail notice to all affiliateswithin the respective region and published on the NRHAwebsite and in the NRHA Reiner magazine.k) Any paper ballots submitted for each respective electionshall be retained for thirty (30) days. If the viability31
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YOUTH SHOW RULES AND REGULATIONSA.
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FREESTYLE REININGA. GENERAL RULES(1
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RULES FOR JUDGINGA. GENERALTo rein
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PATTERNS1. The following patterns a
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PENALTY SCORE ZEROSection 1. The NR
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JOG PENALTIESSection 1. Inasmuch as
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