From the Bylaws: Nominations for Election
Article IV, Section 5: All nominations for trustees shall be made by a petition signed by at least 25 qualified members of the Cooperative who reside in and receive service in the district for which such candidate for trustee is nominated. Such petition shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees at the main office of the Cooperative on or before the first day of July in the year the election for such trustee is to be held in order for such person nominated therein to be eligible for election as trustee if otherwise qualified under Section 3(a) of Article IV. The qualifications of such candidate shall be reviewed and approved by vote of the Board of Trustees prior to the district election. If such candidate or candidates so nominated shall not meet all the qualifications for such trustee, such person shall not be eligible for inclusion on the election ballot. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give immediate written notice to the candidate so nominated of such qualification or disqualification. The nominating petitions shall be verified by the Secretary as to membership and district residency.
Nominations made in any manner except as provided above shall not be considered at the district elections held for such purpose of electing trustees. Nor shall any person, otherwise qualified, be eligible to hold office as such trustee unless nominated in such manner. In the event only one person, otherwise qualified, is duly nominated as trustee for any district on or before the date set out above, and in the manner provided for above, such person shall be deemed elected as such trustee by acclimation and shall commence to serve as such trustee as provided in Section 7 of Article III at the next annual meeting of the members without the necessity of holding an election in the district concerned prior to the annual meeting of the members.
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