A: Four (4) classes of membership have voting privileges:

1. Active (regular)
2. Sustaining
3. Institutional and
4. Life

A: In order to vote, an individual must be a NEHA member by February 15th. An institutional or sustaining member must designate a specific individual to cast a ballot for the organization.

A: For contested NEHA Board of Directors’ positions, ballots are mailed (or e-ballots activated) on March 1st (or the next business day if March 1st falls on a weekend). Ballots are due in the NEHA office (or e-balloting closed) on March 31st (or the next business day if March 31st falls on a weekend). Ballots, mail or electronic, are used only for contested positions.

Ballots will be used if the NEHA Board of Directors recommends Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws revisions to the membership or if there are contested elections. No ballots will be used for elections in which there is only one candidate.

A: Second Vice President Candidate Requirements:

• Be a regular or life member of NEHA with at least three years of cumulative membership


• Nomination Requirements:

  • Each nomination is accompanied by five signatures of voting NEHA members
  • Three of the five represent different affiliates, and
  • Nominated persons are qualified according to the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and are willing to faithfully serve.

• Completed Second Vice President nomination form submitted to the NEHA by May 1st in the year prior that the candidate is being considered for nomination. Nominations are also accepted from the floor at the Annual Education Conference and Exhibition, provided that the candidate has met the necessary requirements.


• Additional information can be located on the NEHA Web site (http://www.neha.org/pdf/officers/2ndvice.pdf)

A: Regional Vice President Candidate Requirements:

• Be a regular or life member of NEHA with at least three years of cumulative membership
• Be nominated by five (5) NEHA members from the candidate’s Region
• Completed Regional Vice President Candidate form must be received in the NEHA office no later than February 1 prior to the AEC in the year he or she is being considered for nomination. Candidates accepted by the Nominations Committee will be placed on the spring ballot, prior to the AEC.
• Additional information can be located on the NEHA Web site (http://www.neha.org/pdf/officers/rvp.pdf)

A. The table below provides a list of the states represented by each Regional Vice President:

Region	States/Territories represented by respective Regional Vice President
1	Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
2	Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada
3	Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana
4	Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
5	Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
6	Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
7	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
8	Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.
9	Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
10	Far East Affiliate, Foreign Members, Industry, Affiliate, Jamaica, National Conference of Local Environmental Health Administrators, Uniformed Services

A: Newly elected national officers and RVPs will take office at the installation ceremonies on the last evening of the Annual Educational Conference following the acceptance or verification of their election.

A: Ballots are counted as follows:

• Mail ballots are counted by a Teller Committee. The Board of Directors’ President appoints three tellers to constitute the Teller's Committee. NEHA's Executive Director appoints a staff member who functions as an ex-officio member of this Committee.
• The Teller’s Committee counts the ballots as soon as practicable after the expiration of the voting period and furnishes a written report of the results to the Executive Director immediately.
• Electronic ballots are tallied as the votes are cast. Electronic voting is 128-bit SSL encrypted and verified by SAS70 Certification. Voting members have the option of receiving verification of their vote. Electronic ballots are activated on March 1 (or the next business day if March 1 falls on a weekend) and deactivated on March 31 (or the next business day if March 31 falls on a weekend).
• The Executive Director appoints a staff member who functions as the voting administrator and furnishes a report of the election results.

A: In the extremely rare event of a tie for a particular office, the Board of Directors will use the following three (3) hierarchical steps:

1. Re-ballot the relevant membership. The re-balloting would include only voting members who were eligible for the initial election process, and would occur within two weeks of declaring a tie in that election. In the event of another tie for that particular office, the Board would continue with Step 2.
2. At a special Board of Director’s meeting, designated by the Board President, each candidate would make a short presentation on how he/she will best represent the membership on the Board of Directors. The presentation would be done electronically, via a Web meeting, if necessary. Any current Board member who was directly involved in the tied election will recuse himself/herself from the voting process. All eligible Board of Directors will vote, by secret ballot, to select the new Officer or RVP. The Board President will cast a vote as a member of the Board and not to break any tie vote. The Board Officers will vote, by secret ballot, to select the new RVP or Officer. In the event of a tie vote (due to any abstentions and/or recusals), the Board would proceed to Step 3.
3. The Board President will decide on an appropriate method for resolving the tie, including direct appointment to the Board, within the prerogative of the President.

A: You are welcome to contact Terry Osner, Senior Advisor at NEHA.

• Email: tosner@neha.org
• Mail: 720 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 1000-N, Denver, CO 80246-1926