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2007 PSC-CUNY CHAPTER ELECTIONS

SPECIAL ELECTIONS Registrars Chapter Election ►Nominating petitions will be available on Monday, July 16, 2007. ►Nominating petitions must be returned at the PSC office by 5 PM on Wednesday, August 22, 2007. ►Ballots will be mailed to members on Thursday, August 30, 2007 ►Ballots must be returned by 5 PM on Monday, October 1, 2007. ►Ballots will be counted at 10 AM on Tuesday, October 2, 2007. Manhattan EOC Chapter Election ►Nominating petitions will be available on Monday, August 27, 2007. ►Nominating petitions must be returned at the PSC office by 5 PM on Monday, September 24, 2007. ►Ballots will be mailed to members on Thursday, October 4, 2007 ►Ballots must be returned by 5 PM on Monday, November 5, 2007. ►Ballots will be counted at 10 AM on Tuesday, November 6, 2007.

INCUMBENTS BIG WINNERS IN ELECTIONS

On Friday, May 4, the PSC Elections Committee certified 2007 election results for all of the chapters listed on the chart below (with the exception of Manhattan EOC and Registrars, from which the PSC received no candidate petitions).

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) counted the ballots in the three contested elections -- BMCC, HEOs and KBCC.  Incumbents won handily in each of those elections.  Click below to see the certified results.

• BMCC
• HEOs
• KBCC

The PSC counted ballots in-house for all of the elections for which there were no contested positions as of March 7, 2007, the deadline for candidates to submit petitions.  However, in one case, Brooklyn EOC, a write-in campaign prevailed.  The Brooklyn EOC results, plus a listing of ballots mailed and ballots received (votes) for all elections can be viewed by clicking here.

In each of the Chapters listed below (except Manhattan EOC and Registrars), voters elected the Chapter Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, up to four Officers-at-Large, Delegates to the Delegate Assembly (in addition to the
Chapter Chairperson, who shall automatically be the initial delegate to the Delegate Assembly) and Alternates to the Delegate Assembly according to the following listing. (See below for election rules on certification of elections.)

Chapter	Total Members	Delegates	Alternates	Petition signatures required
Bronx EOC	16	Chair	1	4
B'klyn EOC	43	Chair	1	11
College of S.I.	536	Chair + 4	4	25
Hunter Campus Schools	77	Chair	1	19
HEOs	1897	Chair + 18	5	25
Kingsborough*	671	Chair + 6	5	25
Lehman	503	Chair + 4	4	25
Manhattan CC	835	Chair + 7	5	25
Manhattan EOC	43	Chair	1	11
Medgar Evers	235	Chair + 1	2	25
NYC Tech	709	Chair + 6	5	25
Queens EOC	11	Chair	1	3
Queensborough	639	Chair + 5	4	25
Registrars	11	Chair	1	3
Research Foundation	88	Chair	1	22
Retirees	2266	Chair + 3	4	25

The dates for Spring 2007 elections were:

• February 5, 2007 – Nominating petitions will be available
• March 5, 2007 – Nominating petitions must be received
• April 2, 2007 – Ballots will be mailed
• April 26, 2007 – Ballots must be received
• April 27, 2007 – Ballots will be counted

Eligibility to vote.  Article III, Section 5a of the PSC constitution stipulates:

No person shall be permitted to vote in any general election or referendum who has not been a member in good standing for at least four (4) months prior to the date for the mailing of ballots.

To vote in the Spring 2007 chapter elections, one must be a member in good standing by Friday, December 1, 2006.

Certification of Elections:  As stipulated by Section V, part I of the election rules:

The Elections Committee will meet no sooner than five (5) nor later than ten (10) working days after the count either to certify the election results or to recommend action on challenges.  Any challenge to an election must be made in writing to the Elections Committee within five (5) working days of the counting of the ballots.  Should the claimant wish to challenge the decision of the Committee, he or she shall appeal to the Delegate Assembly, which shall render a final decision.

Click here for election rules.

2007 AAUP Delegate Election. Results in the election for delegates to the 2007 AAUP annual meeting:

*Barbara Bowen 323
*Steve London 319
*Mike Fabricant 317
*Arthurine Desola 314
*Cecelia McCall 320
*Iris Delutro 311
*George Walters 307
*James Davis 310
*Stanley Aronowitz 320
*Anne Friedman 319
*Marcia Newfield 314
*Susan O'Malley 323
*Lenore Beaky 322
*Steve Leberstein 318
*Patrick Lloyd 305
Fred Brodzinski 54

* Candidates elected

2006 PSC-CUNY ELECTIONS

Incumbent New Caucus Slate Wins

On April 25, the American Arbitration Association counted ballots in the unionwide election to choose the PSC’s principal officers and the rest of its Executive Council. The incumbent New Caucus slate won every contest, defeating the CUNY Alliance with an average of 54% of the vote. PSC President Barbara Bowen was re-elected with 3,201 out of 5,856 votes. Click here to see the AAA results for all positions.  The Summer '06 Clarion has more detailed coverage of the election results which you can read by clicking here.

On May 2nd, the CUNY Alliance filed a challenge to the PSC Election Committee.  The Election Committee heard the challenge and issued a seven-page decision/report, dated 5/15/05,  denying the challenge and certifying the election.  Click here to read the decision.  The CUNY Alliance then appealed to the PSC Delegate Assembly, stating new grounds for its protest.  Click here to read the Election Committee response to these new grounds. The PSC Delegate Assembly, when it met on Thursday, May 25th, affirmed the Election Committee's decision/report and certification of the election results.

Subsequently, the CUNY Alliance filed a challenge with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the parent federation of the PSC.  Article VI, Section 14(b) of the AFT constitution gives the AFT Executive Council authority to investigate where a local election "appears to have been conducted in violation of the local or state federation constitution, the AFT Constitution or applicable federal law."  The AFT reviewed the CUNY Alliance's charges and the PSC's response.  In a letter dated August 28, 2006 and signed by Secretary-Treasurer Nat LaCour, the AFT determined that "there is insufficient basis to conduct a full investigation under the AFT Constitution" and that "the challenges filed by the Alliance should be dismissed."  (Click here to read the full text of the AFT letter from Nat LaCour responding to the CUNY Alliance election challenge.)

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