ELECTION PROCESS

NOMINATIONS

Nominations for office will be done on the evening of the session from the floor
Director will ask for nominations and go around to each group to get nominations for the office.
A participant can run for an office 2 times, and can run for an office at each caucus they attend..
A school could have nominations for all 3 sessions.
Schools can only hold 1 of the 3 major offices (Youth Governor, Speaker or President).
If a student from a school wins the office others will not be able to run. Exception, if no one at that training session is nominated for the position
A participant may hold only 1 of the 3 major offices during their years as a part of Youth in Government.
A school can have only 1 candidate for Youth Governor.

VOTING

Every person in attendance at the caucus will get 1 vote.
They must be registered by noon time on the day of the Caucus session to be able to vote
Must be present to vote, if the participant has to leave their vote can't be done in proxy

ELECTION PROCESS AT TRAINING SESSION

Director will introduce the office and describe role and requirements
Director will ask for nominations and ask each delegation if they have any nominations.
Director will introduce Nominee to step to computer to give speech, continue through all the nominees
After all nominees have spoken, Director will call for vote
Each group will hold quick vote (Should be a secret vote)
Delegations will email or text results to Director to be totaled
Results should be sent (Candidate A—3 Votes, Candidate B—5 votes, Candidate C—0 Votes)
Director will announce winner and we will move to next election.
Winners of offices will be asked to download from website information about their role.

ELECTION OF SENATORS

To be elected to any of the seats in the Senate, the participant must have at least one year's experience in the program or be a Junior or Senior.
Each School that has 3 or more registered to attend the Augusta weekedn will recieve 1 Senator
Those Senator's can be decided after the 3rd caucus session.
The remaining seats will be elected at the Caucus.

SELECTION OF GOVERNOR'S CABINET

Anyone interested in being selected to the Youth Governor's Cabinet, must submit an email to the Program Director (winymca@aol.com) prior to first caucus session.
Email must include:

Name

School

Grade

Position you are interested in

email address

phone # where the Youth Governor can reach you

Youth Governor will make all the selections for his/her cabinet, prior to 1st Caucus.
Cabinet may have only 2 members from the same school.

CANDIDATES FOR YOUTH GOVERNOR