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Amendments to AMO National Constitution approved in 90-day referendum
Total ballots mailed: 2,820
Duplicate ballots mailed: 16
Eligible ballots returned: 513
Disqualified ballots: 235
Votes in favor of approving proposed amendments: 419
Votes not in favor of approving proposed amendments: 94
All proposed amendments were mailed to AMO book members in the balloting package, with proposed changes clearly marked in conjunction with the text of the AMO National Constitution for reference.
The referendum was administered by independent firm TrueBallot Inc. The tally of the ballots was conducted by TrueBallot with the AMO rank-and-file Tallying Committee March 16.
The text of the official report on the referendum provided by TrueBallot Inc. is below. The report of the AMO rank-and-file Tallying Committee is available on the AMO Web site at http://www.amo-union.org/PDFs/2009-referendum.pdf.
The following report was submitted by TrueBallot Inc.
Certificate of Result for:
American Maritime Officers Constitutional Referendum
1250802 Ballot Concluded at 1:15 p.m. March 16, 2009
TrueBallot, Inc. was appointed Impartial Balloting Agency to supervise the conduct of the Ballot with respect to the 2008-2009 American Maritime Officers Constitutional Referendum. The ballot was tabulated on March 16, 2009.
The ballot and materials were approved as to form. A total of 2813 ballots were sent to eligible voters. 7 Voters were added during the voting period and ballots were sent to them.
A total of 16 duplicate ballots were sent to 16 voters. 8 ballots were returned as undeliverable. The balloting period was from December 15, 2008 to March 16, 2009. The United States Post Office in Dania Beach, FL, acted as Depositor for receipt of all ballots. TrueBallot, Inc. was authorized to act as Impartial Balloting Agent during the balloting period to mail duplicate ballots to any member on authorized request for a duplicate ballot and to keep a record of all duplicate ballots mailed.
The representatives of the union's tallying committee and the undersigned retrieved the returned ballots from the post office and returned them to the count site on March 16, 2009.
Of the Ballots mailed to the eligible Membership entitled to vote 513 Ballots were returned, registered against the list of eligible voters, and any duplicates or ineligible ballots were removed. The ballots were removed from their secret ballot envelopes and 513 ballots were counted. 235 additional ballots were received at the Post Office but were not counted by the Tallying Committee because the individuals who submitted these ballot envelopes were disqualified due to being in arrears in their dues to the AMO.
After the ballots were registered, the ballot committee opened the envelopes, and TrueBallot optically imaged the ballots and processed them to obtain the data there from. The applicable provisions of the AMO Constitution and the Rules for the conduct of this referendum were applied to the data so as to remove void data from the tally.
Questionable ballots were audited as needed.
The results of the Balloting are herewith certified and are attached hereto.
It is our opinion as Impartial Balloting Agency that the results of the Balloting are true and accurate, the Ballots were properly counted, and rigid safeguards were maintained to protect the secrecy of the Ballot. At the conclusion of the counting, all Ballots and material were placed in appropriate containers, sealed and delivered to the organization. A CD-ROM with all of the ballot data and ballot images was delivered along with the ballot materials.
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