Ohio Admin. Code 901-5-04 - Declaration of candidacy for society directors
(A) Each candidate for the office of director
of a society shall declare his candidacy by filing with the secretary of the
society, a petition signed by ten or more members of the agricultural society,
at least seven days before the annual election of directors is held. The
petition submitted shall state the specific board
position
seat for which the candidate is
seeking to be elected. Any member who fails to file a petition that includes
the specific board position
seat is
ineligible for election as a director.
(B) The secretary of each society shall:
(1) Announce the filing requirements for the
office of director and information as to how these may be fulfilled:
(a) Conspicuously in the annual premium list;
and
(b) In at least one newspaper
of general circulation in the county or district concerned,
and/or
or on
the society's website, no earlier than six weeks and no later than
two
three
weeks before the annual election of directors.
(2) Furnish blank petitions to any member of
the society who requests such petitions at any reasonable time.
(3) Maintain and post a current list of the
society's members in a public place, the society's
website, or make a current list available for inspection, at any
reasonable time, upon request of any resident of the county or district
concerned.
(4) Determine the
adequacy of the nominating petition filed by a candidate before ordering the
name of said candidate to be printed on the ballot, including a determination
that at least ten signatories are members of the society.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1711.06
Rule Amplifies: 1711.07, 1711.08
Prior Effective Dates: 02/20/1969, 12/22/2006, 10/28/2010, 07/07/2016
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