Article 61
Elections shall be by
secret ballot, except when officers of the Model OAS General
Assembly or of its committees are elected by acclamation.
Article 62
In cases when only one
person is to be elected, if no candidate obtains the vote of a
majority of the member states on the first ballot, a second and,
if necessary, a third ballot shall be taken. (The second
ballot is limited to the two candidates receiving the largest
number of votes on the first ballot.)
Article 63
Only registered
participants (observers excluded) may be candidates at the Model
OAS General Assembly for elective office (President, Secretary
General, Assistant Secretary General, Committee Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson). A candidate must obtain the support of five
delegations in addition to his/her own delegation for the
nomination to be valid. A delegation may support only one
candidate for each office; however, signing a nominating petition
for a candidate does not bind a delegation to vote for the
candidate in question.
Article 64
Only Head Delegates may
sign nominating petitions for President, Secretary General and
Assistant Secretary General, and they may not sign more
than one for each office. Only delegates (not alternates) may
sign nominating petitions for Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of
the committee to which they have been assigned. They may not sign
more than one nominating petition for each position.
Article 65
Nominated candidates
shall be allowed to make a three (3) minute presentation of their
views.
Article 66
Elected officers may not
run for the same office at the following session of the Model OAS
General Assembly.
Article 67
Candidates for all
offices must formally undertake to be present at the
following session of the Model OAS General Assembly.
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