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elected by the EAC Delegates. (See NRHA Bylaws Section VII.)
3. More than one EAC Delegate may be elected to the
NRHA Board of Directors from the same Affiliate.
4. NRHA Regional Directors shall be elected on staggered
term basis in order to have approximately 50% of the
Regional Directors overlapping their second year of a twoyear
term along with the first year of incoming newly
elected Regional Directors.
5. During the 2013 transition elections to staggered terms,
the EAC may select which group will serve the first two year
term and which group will serve an initial three year term.
(c) The EAC Delegates elected to serve as Regional Directors on
the NRHA Board of Directors, will comprise the EAC Executive
Committee.
1. The EAC Executive Committee shall elect a President and
Vice President from its members.
Section 3. Nominations
(a) Candidate nomination criteria, as described in this document,
shall be compiled into a “Nomination Guidelines” document
for publication on the NRHA website and in the NRHA Reiner.
(b) The open date and closing deadline of the nomination
period will be unique to the date of each election conducted
by NRHA.
(c) Directors-At-Large/Vice President nominations:
i. The Nominating Committee shall submit a list of candidates
for Directors-At-Large/Vice President to the NRHA Board of
Directors no less than ninety (90) days prior to the start of
the annual election. Write-in candidate nominations shall
be submitted to the NRHA office no less than sixty (60) days
prior to the start of the annual election (Art. V, Section 3 of
the Bylaws).
ii. The Elections Administrator shall conduct the Annual
Elections in accordance with the procedures contained within
the board approved Election Administrator’s Manual.
(d) Regional Director nominations:
i. For Regional Directors, each Region’s nomination period
shall close no sooner than ninety (90) days before the start
of that respective region’s Affiliate Regional Championship
(ARC) or other approved election dates for foreign Regional
affiliates. Write-in candidate applications shall close no
sooner than sixty (60) days before the start of that respective
region’s ARC or other approved election dates for foreign
Regional affiliates.
ii. The Nominating Committee shall accept nominations
up to the close of nomination deadlines for each regional
election being conducted.
iii. Regional Director Candidate nominations may be made
by affiliates. Nominations must be made in the form of a
letter upon affiliate letterhead and signed by an officer of
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