To be eligible to vote in the election, you must be a member in good standing of the Atlantic Chapter as of the mailing of this newsletter in the fall of 2014.
Please read all the unedited candidates’ statements by clicking their names below. Indicate your choices by checking the boxes next to the candidates’ names on your official ballot (located on the back page of the print version of the Fall 2014 Sierra Atlantic.) Each member may fill out only one ballot. Joint members use both ballots. Ballots should not be cut or separated.
Each member may vote for up to four candidates. You may vote for fewer than four, but voting for more than four will void your ballot.
Do not remove the address box on this page—with its identifying Sierra Club number and your name—from the ballot; the Election Committee cannot count ballots that are separated and must throw them away. For your privacy, after membership is authenticated, the election committee separates all ballots from the names, puts them together and counts them with no identifying information.
Do not cover up your mailing address. It is used to verify that the ballot is being submitted by an Atlantic Chapter member. It will be removed before the ballots are counted. Secrecy will be ensured.
Putting your folded ballot in an envelope is the only way to mail it that conforms to postal regulations. (The paper weight is too light for machine handling, and your ballot will probably be destroyed or rejected.)
Affix a first-class stamp and mail to: Elections Committee, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, P.O. Box 38225, Albany, NY 12210-1709
Members who do not receive a ballot, or who damage or lose their ballot, may request a replacement from Atlantic Chapter office employees. They will send you a replacement ballot bearing your membership number and the signature of a Chapter staff member. Only such replacement ballots sent to you from Chapter staff will be counted. No replacement ballots will be issued after December 15, 2014.
If you have any questions or problems, contact Chapter staff at 518-426-9144, or email Caitlin at atlantic.chapter@sierraclub.org. Allow enough time for your problem or question to be resolved before the deadline. Mail your ballots so that they are received on or before December 27, 2014. Ballots will be counted in early January 2015.
Be sure to VOTE!