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Ballot Election , Term of Office
Section 4 . B
If a State with two votes wants to do so , they can split their votes between two candidates . Furthermore , they can vote “ present ”, which means their vote doesn ’ t count towards a candidate .
Section 4 . C
The Constitution explicitly forbids vote by proxy — someone from another State voting on that State ’ s behalf . Instead , if a State for some reason won ’ t be able to vote when voting happens , they can send their ballots to the Parliamentarian or Constitutional Advisor beforehand .
Section 4 . D
Section 4 . D defines something called the Committee of Tellers .
This committee is really just the Parliamentarian and the Constitutional Advisor , and it ’ s tasked with distributing , collecting , and counting the ballots cast in NJCL elections . Afterwards , the Committee creates a Tellers ’ Report — a fancy name for a list of candidates and how many votes each got .
This part also forbids the Tellers ’ Report from being read out to the State delegations . However , the Report can be shown to State Chairs if two-thirds of the State Chairs at Convention vote for such .
Section 4 . E
The Constitution officially requires that officers announce their successors at the General Assembly during which the ballots are counted .
In the case of a vacancy ( discussed in Section 7 ), the President can announce whoever the Executive Board appoints to the position whenever the new board is doing their oath of office ( discussed in the Bylaws ).