Official 2016 AMHA Rule Book | Page 24

BYLAWS (B) Balloting The President will then cause written ballots to be mailed to the Regular Members of each region, which ballot shall contain the names of the nominees of their region and the date by which the ballot must be received by the Association or its designee in order to be counted. Write in votes shall be allowed. (C) Counting Procedure The nominee in each region receiving the highest number of votes cast in the region shall be elected. If a region has more than one directorship open in any election, the nominee receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected and so on until all directorships are filled. If a tie occurs between two or more nominees where only one directorship is available, a run-off shall be held and the nominee receiving the most votes cast shall be elected. (D) Recall To recall a Director elected from a region, a petition signed by twenty (20) percent of the Regular Members residing in that region, shall be addressed to the President who shall cause a secret ballot to be mailed to each voting member residing in that region. The incumbent Director shall be notified upon receipt of the petition, and shall be notified of the result of the ballot. Section 5, Vacancies A vacancy created for any Regional Director because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise may be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of term. (Amended 2-21-03, effective 01-04) Section 6, Meetings (A) Annual Board Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the Annual Meeting of the members. No notice shall be required for such meeting. The Board of Directors may provide for other regular meetings at stated times and places. (B) Special Meetings Special Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called at the direction of the President or by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. (C) Telephone Conference Meetings The Board of Directors may conduct any meeting, other than the Annual Board Meeting, by telephone. (D) Notice Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors, other than the regular Annual Board Meeting, shall be given by mail, telephone or other verifiable means to each Director at least three (3) days before the meeting. 22