AMC’s Executive Committee consists of five officers, elected at the annual meeting of AMC’s Annual Conference held in December each year.  Any delegate shall be eligible to serve as an officer of the Association.

The Executive Committee consists of the:

• President

• First Vice President

• Second Vice President

• Secretary/Treasurer

• Past President

Detailed Overviews:

• Declaring & Campaigning

• Nomination Process

• Election Process

If you are interested in running for AMC Office, please contact:

Jim Mulder,

Executive Director,

(651) 224-3344

for details or to answer any questions you may have!

Declaring and Campaigning Overview

Candidates would:

Candidates also have a responsibility to participate fairly in the AMC election process. To achieve that end, the Association could require candidates to meet certain criteria and follow certain rules.

• Submit a “Declaration of Interest” by November 15 to the Nomination Screening Committee.

• Be provided with two sets of mailing labels to send information to county officials.

• Be allowed to send two e-mails regarding their candidacy through AMC’s system to county officials.

• Be allowed to record up to a five minute video message which would be played at each district meeting.

• Be given time at spring or fall district meetings to discuss their candidacy.

• Be allowed to post campaign signs at the Legislative Conference, Leadership Conference, District Meetings, Policy Committee Meetings, Annual Conference, etc.

• Be allowed to present up to a five minute speech at the opening session of the Annual Conference.

AMC will:

• Provide each candidate with two sets of address labels of county officials and allow each candidate to do two e-mails through the AMC system.

• Allow each candidate to record up to a five minute video message which would be played at each fall district meeting. Candidates could still go to each district meeting but this would be an alternative.

• Feature candidate profiles on the web and in an edition of Minnesota Counties.

• Allow each candidate to speak for up to five minutes during the opening session of the annual conference.

Nominating and Voting Process Overview

• Any delegate shall be eligible to serve as an officer of the Association.

• Each office within the Association shall be open for nomination and election at the annual meeting.

• Prior to each annual meeting the President shall appoint a candidate nomination screening committee composed of three (3) delegates. The members of the committee shall be the Immediate Past President of the Association who shall serve as chair of the committee and two additional Past Presidents. In the event that there are not two additional past presidents who are available to serve, the President shall appoint delegates that have exhibited a knowledge of the Association and its goals; provided leadership within the Association; and have represented AMC within the diverse segments and areas of the Association.

• The candidate nomination screening committee shall hold an organizational meeting at least five months prior to the annual meeting or at such time(s) designated by the President to conduct the nomination process. The nomination screening committee shall hear presentations from candidates for office prior to the AMC Annual Conference. The committee shall screen the prospective candidates for knowledge of the Association’s goals and objectives, involvement within the Association, and demonstrated leadership. The committee shall then consider the qualifications and report all qualified candidates for each office. The chairperson shall present the committee’s report to the annual meeting prior to the nomination and election of officers.

• The candidate nomination screening committee’s report of candidates shall serve as a nomination for each office.

• The President shall ask for nominations from the floor for each office and an election shall be held using the Election Rules as proposed by the AMC Rules Committee and adopted by the General Assembly.

Nomination Screening Committee Process

This committee interviews candidates and presents their names for nomination. Until this point in time, the Nomination Screening Committee has recommended all candidates it has screened.

The Nominating Committee (chaired by the immediate Past President and two other Past Presidents) would:

• Meet in August and approve an application for prospective candidates to complete.

• Have notice of AMC elections posted in the AMC Web Site, sent out in a Daily and sent by mail to each county board.

• Be an AMC elections sounding board and answer inquiries about being an AMC officer, about the election process and potentially to solicit prospective candidates.

• Ask Potential candidates to submit the “Declaration of Interest” form and a letter of interest by November 15 of the Election Year. (This would allow Commissioners whose elections are in Nov. of even years to declare after that election. Also, AMC election bylaws would not be changed regarding nominations from the floor or for others to declare an interest after the November 15 date.)

• Interview candidates prior to the Annual Conference and announce/nominate those individuals at the opening session.

Election Process Overview

Officers of the Association of Minnesota Counties shall be elected using the following rules:

• The nomination screening committee report serves as a nomination for each candidate and for each office.

• Nominations from the floor shall be accepted. Those nominees shall be allowed the same rules of procedure as screened candidates.

• Each candidate will be allowed up to 10 minutes for his/her presentation. The time may be divided as the candidate sees fit into seconding speeches and candidate speeches. In the interest of keeping to the schedule, this time will run continuously and will be timed by the parliamentarian.

• Candidates for contested races will appear before the general assembly in the order determined by casting lots.

• Ballots will be distributed after all candidates have addressed the assembly.

• A candidate who receives 50% plus one of eligible delegates present shall be declared the winner.

Candidate Drop Rule

• To be elected to any office of the Association of Minnesota Counties, a candidate must receive in excess of 50 percent of the votes cast.

• If no candidate receives in excess of 50 percent of the votes cast, on either the first or second ballot, the candidate receiving the lowest number of votes shall be dropped.

• On successive ballots, the candidates receiving the lowest vote total shall be dropped until a candidate receives 50 percent of the votes.