ELECTION

(a) Eligibility. Only Florida bar members in good standing whose record bar address is in the judicial circuit of the board position, or whose record bar address is outside Florida for nonresident board positions, are eligible to vote in the initial and any runoff election. The Florida Bar’s records establish conclusively those members who are eligible to vote in board elections.

(b) Secret Ballots. Voting will be by secret ballot. The Florida Bar or its representative will mail paper ballots with the board positions in numeric order and the names of the candidates for each board position in alphabetical order by surname on or before March 1 to the record bar address of each eligible Florida bar member who has elected to vote by paper ballot. The Florida Bar or its representative will email the record bar email address of each eligible Florida bar member who has elected to vote electronically on or before March 1 that voting has opened with instructions on electronic voting. The electronic ballot will list the board positions in numeric order and the candidates for each board position in alphabetical order by surname.

(c) Ballot Count. The Florida Bar or its representative will count only those ballots received before 11:59 p.m., eastern time, March 15. The executive director will declare the candidate who receives the majority of the votes cast the board member for that board position.

(d) Runoff. The Florida Bar will hold a runoff election between the 2 candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each board position if no candidate for a board office receives a majority of votes cast. The Florida Bar or its representative will mail runoff election ballots or email runoff election instructions on or before March 21 to the record bar address of each eligible Florida bar member in accordance with that member’s election of mail or electronic vote. The mail and electronic ballots will list the board positions in numeric order and the names of the runoff candidates for each board position in alphabetical order by surname. The Florida Bar or its representative will count only runoff ballots received before 11:59 p.m., eastern time, April 7. The executive director will declare the runoff candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast the board member for that board position.

(e) Certification and Notice. The executive director will certify the election results the first business day on or after March 15 for the election or the first business day on or after April 7 for a runoff. The executive director will provide the election results to the Supreme Court of Florida, officers and members of the board of governors of The Florida Bar, the candidates, and any other interested person who requests the results.