EC Meeting July 2017

• Members of GFTU staff must not participate in a candidate’s campaign. Unless they are a candidate. • Candidates will have the right to address the conference and answer delegate’s questions. The time limits will be set, depending on the number of candidates, by the President prior to the hustings session. Each candidate will be allocated equal amounts of time and expected to answer the same number of questions. Candidates will wait outside of conference prior to the hustings until called to make their address. • Immediately after the end of the hustings session the ballot will be called, overseen by the president and the independent scrutineer, the voting papers will be cast into a sealed ballot box placed within the conference hall. • The votes will be counted by the President and the scrutineer and the result announced by the President. The candidate with the most votes will be declared the new General Secretary and introduced to the conference. • In the event of a tie for first place the full affiliates will have the casting votes by voting again.

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