ELECTION RULES

Art. 1 - The election of social posts is provided for through a mandate which expires after three years (art. 5 associative statute). 

Art. 2 - When the three-year mandate expires, the Board of Directors calls new elections, notifying this by ordinary letter, e-mail and publication on the association’s official web site. The notification must be communicated at least 60 days before the date of the election of the new board. It has to contain the number of elements of the board to be elected (according to the provisions in art. 5 of the associative statute) and the way to vote, according to the provisions of these rules. 

Art. 3 - The candidatures for the replacement of the Board, subject to the provisions in art. 5 of the associative statute, have to reach the office of the Terredelsud association within and no later than 30 days before the date fixed for the replacement of the Board (art. 2 of the associative statute). If by this period there are no more than 100 members in the association, then the Board of Directors is automatically reconfirmed by choosing among the founding members, who, at the first possible meeting of the Board, decide the social posts through a resolution of the Board. In the event of a tie the vote of the oldest member counts. In the event of a resignation, death or incompatibility of a founding member to cover such a position, a supplementary election will be held according to the provisions established in art. 2 of these rules. 

Art. 4 - The outgoing Board composes the lists of the candidates for the social posts, communicating these to the members by ordinary letter, e-mail and publication on the association’s official web site within and no later than 15 days before the date established for voting. 
The members can express their vote by compiling a paper ballot, indicating the number of new councillors to be elected (or to be integrated) and/or through electronic vote as will be indicated each time by the Board of Directors. The voting member will have to vote for a number of candidates equal to those to be elected; excess candidates will not be considered. The vote, in whatever form it is expressed (paper and/or via computer when the latter has legal value) will have to arrive, following the conditions foreseen for voting, within and not over the date established by the outgoing Board. Every other means of voting will result in a spoiled vote.

Art. 5 - After the counting of the ballots, the outgoing President, or in his/her absence, the oldest on the outgoing Board, having ascertained the qualifications of the voted candidates, will render public the results on the association’s official web site and via e-mail within and no later than 15 days from the counting of the votes. 

Art. 6 – During the counting of the votes, at least three scrutinizers will have to be present, one of which serving as the President of the polling station, and these enter all the operations and possible irregularities or spoiling of votes into a special record.

Art. 7 - Possible contestations against the voting operations and the counting of the votes must be expressed by those having this right according to the provisions laid out for this in the Civil Code. Anything not expressly provided for in these rules will fall under the appropriate regulations of the Civil Code. 

Art. 8 – These rules will have to be approved at the first session of the Board and published on the association’s official web site within and no later than 30 days from their resolution.