Discussing Options and Possibilities
Filing for Office
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates is a more relaxed
question and answer event with stations for
each candidate. As a result, JCLers are free to walk
around and ask candidates questions. It may be
helpful to prepare for wide variety of questions. You
will have the chance to meet new people and make some
new friends. There will be room for candidates to hang
signs and decorate their area. This is a good opportunity
for JCLers to become more familiar with candidates'
names and ask questions about the materials hung
behind them. N.B. Bring extra water to this
event as you will be talking a lot and your
throat might get dry.
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The Nominations Committee Meeting
is where candidates must give a two
minute speech on their platform,
experience, reasons for running, etc. You may
plan accordingly the information you would like
to include in this speech versus General Assembly III.
Your speech is limited to a maximum of two minutes.
Delegates from each state, sponsors, and others will
be in attendance. Based on candidates’ speeches, voting
delegates will choose two candidates to run for each office
and place on the final ballot. Your local sponsor or
sponsor’s representative must be present at this
event. Immediately following the meeting,
candidates must turn in all campaign receipts
and campaign materials to the NJCL
parliamentarian for review.
Campaigning begins after the
conclusion of this event.
Nominations Committee Meeting
Running for Office: The Step by Step
If you are interested in running for office, it is important to research the process of running for national office and everything expected of you if you are elected. As soon as you have decided, discuss the process with your local sponsor, state or provincial chair(s), and parent(s) as you will need their approval for running for office. Make sure to contact your state or provincial chair(s) to determine your state’s process or your provincial process for choosing a candidate to run for national office. Only one candidate per state or province may run. Therefore, many states or provinces have applications, elections, or other forms of choosing between multiple candidates or approving one candidate to run.
After you have been through the necessary processes of approval (and been approved) to run as a national candidate from your state or province, you will need to complete the “NJCL Nomination Forms” (which can be found on the web page under the "About Us" section). Once you have completed the forms, email them to me ([email protected]) by June 15, 2019. If you are running for the office of president, you will also need to complete Form P, which can be found on the same page as the "Nomination Forms", and email the forms to me by June 15, 2019 (the same time that your "Nomination Forms" are due). I will email all candidates who are eligible to run for office and who have turned in all forms on time a list of the number of pre-filed candidates in each office on June 20, 2019. After this email has been sent out, candidates may change the position they filed for by June 30, 2019. I will then send out another email to all candidates noting any change in the number of candidates running in each position. If you have any questions or are having trouble with the forms, feel free to email me and I will provide a copy of them for you. I will be sending emails detailing the process and further campaigning rules and regulations that may be subject to change leading up to convention.