Constitution - Teamsters Local 399

ART. XXII, SEC. 4
or November and elections shall be held in October,
November, or December. Nominations shall be made at
a general or special membership meeting or at a meeting
of each separate division, craft, or place of employment
authorized by the Local Union Executive Board to hold
separate meetings. If nominations are held at separate
division, craft, or place of employment meetings, the
members may nominate candidates from their own or
any other division, craft, or place of employment for
election to union office. A member otherwise eligible to
run for office shall become a bona fide candidate only
upon his nomination for office and acceptance of the
nomination. To be eligible to nominate and otherwise
participate in the nominations meeting, a member must
have his dues paid through the month prior to the month
in which the nominations meeting is held. Nominations
shall be made at the meeting by a member in good standing
other than the nominee, by motion seconded by a
member in good standing other than the nominee.
Candidates must accept nominations at the time made
either in person, or, if absent, in writing, and may accept
nomination for only one office. A member may also run
for and be elected as a Business Agent or Assistant Business
Agent as provided in Article XXII, Section 8, and
may hold both the office and the position if elected to
both. After a candidate has accepted nomination, he may
not, under any circumstances, revoke his acceptance
after the ballots are printed, except where as a result of
the revocation the remaining candidate is unopposed. If
any nominee should die before the election, his name
shall nevertheless appear on the ballot. In the event the
name of the deceased nominee shall receive the requisite
number of votes to be elected, the position shall then be
filled in the same manner as vacancies are filled when
they occur during a term of office.
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