The tri-ennial Elections for members of the AKR Iaido Board and AKR Jodo Board is to be conducted in mid January 2012. These elections are by postal vote only.
Nominee profiles.
Voting Instructions and Secret Ballot forms.
VOTES MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF 9 JANUARY 2012.
AKR National Council has recently adopted new procedures for the election of members to our Kendo, Iaido and Jodo Boards.
Our new procedures now provide for –
- All votes to be secret and to be lodged by post;
- Votes to be counted by a person external to the Board being voted for;
- Scrutineers to be permitted during the vote counting;
- An audit of votes and eligibility to vote is also provided for, if requested or needed.
Full details of the new election policy are available in Section 1 of the AKR Manual of Documents.
Elegible voters are associate members of the Australian Kendo Renmei that are registered for and practice iaido and/or jodo.
WHERE TO POST YOUR VOTE
All votes are to be received at the below address prior to close of business on Monday 9 January 2012.
Iaido Board and Jodo Board Election
Australian Kendo Renemei
PO Box 353
NORTH CARLTON VIC 3054
RESULTS
Counting of votes will be conducted in Melbourne during January, venue details will be advised.
Returning Officers are Richard Ward, AKR President and Dr Khay-Lin Teoh, Chairman of the AKR Kendo Board.
The result of the elections will be announced by the AKR Secretary after the count is completed.
FAQ
Hi,
Just a bit confused with the voting. It asks all votes to be secret but on the back of the envelope it asks for your name. And it states on the back of the addressed envelope are they to supply one or we just write it ourselves.
RESPONSE
For the voting, just follow the instructions. Vote slip goes into a blank envelope; the blank envelope goes into another envelope, on which you put the address on one side and your details on the back.
When the second envelope gets to the returns officer, they check your details on the back to determine if you are eligible to vote; if so, they open that envelope and remove the blank envelope which contains your vote slip, they put that envelope unopened aside with others for counting later, that last unmarked unopened envelope contains your vote, so no-one can identify who you personally voted for.