14.01 National Officers and Rank-and-File Board Members

14.01.01 The President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Vice-President - Media shall be elected separately by secret ballot by all delegates to the Convention. A majority of valid votes cast is needed in order to be declared elected to each one of these positions.

14.01.02 The Vice-Presidents shall be elected by secret ballot in Regional caucus at Convention. The delegates from the Local Unions in a Region shall nominate their Vice-President, as provided for in 8.08 and elect as set out in this Article. A majority of valid votes cast is needed in order to be declared elected.

14.01.03 The Administrative Vice-Presidents shall be elected separately by secret ballot in Regional caucus at Convention. The delegates from the Local Unions within a founding sector of the Union, in a Region, shall nominate their Administrative Vice-President(s) as provided for in 8.08 and elect as set out in this Article. The Administrative Vice-Presidents shall be from a different founding sector of the Union than the Vice-President for the Region. In Quebec they shall be from a different founding sector than the Executive Vice-President - Quebec and the Vice-President - Quebec.

Administrative Vice-Presidents shall be nominated, in the numbers required, by the delegates representing Local Unions from the eligible founding sectors of the Union and elected by all delegates representing Local Unions within the Region.

For greater clarity this means that candidates for Administrative Vice-President who are nominated under 8.08, and who are from the same founding sector of the Union as the newly elected Vice-President for the Region (Executive Vice-President - Quebec and Vice-President - Quebec in Quebec) shall automatically be disqualified as a candidate for Administrative Vice-President as soon as the Vice-President (Executive Vice-President - Quebec and Vice-President - Quebec) has been elected. Replacements for an Administrative Vice-President shall be made in the same fashion.

A majority of valid votes cast is needed in order to be declared elected.

14.01.04 The Executive Vice-President - Quebec and the Vice-President - Quebec shall be nominated by the delegates from Local Unions in the Quebec Region, as provided for in 8.08, and be elected by secret ballot as set out in this Article in a Quebec caucus by those same delegates. The Executive Vice-President - Quebec and the Vice-President - Quebec shall be from different founding sectors of the Union. A majority of votes is needed in order to be declared elected.

14.01.05 Rank-and-File Board Members and alternate Rank-and-File Board Members shall be elected by secret ballot in Regional caucus at Convention. The delegates from the Local Unions in a Region shall nominate, as provided for in 8.08, and 9.01 and elect as set out in this Article.

Rank-and-File Board Members and alternate Rank-and-File Board Members shall be nominated and elected by all delegates representing Local Unions within a Region. Delegates shall be required to vote for four (4) positions on each ballot, at least one of which shall be a woman. Rank-and-File Board Members and Alternates shall be elected by plurality vote. For greater clarity, this means that the four candidates with the most votes will be declared elected, provided that at least one of them is a woman.

In the event that four candidates run for the alternate Rank-and-File Board Member positions of a region, the order in which they shall be called upon shall be determined by the delegates of the region. At least one woman must be elected.

The Visible Minority Rank-and-File Board Member shall be nominated and elected by secret ballot vote in the Visible Minority caucus at Convention by delegates who have self-identified as a visible minority as provided for in 8.08 and 9.01, and elected as set out in this Article. Each delegate shall have one vote.

14.01.06 The term of office shall be from one regular Convention to the next regular Convention.

14.01.07 All employees of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada will retire at age 65.

14.01.08 Any member in good standing shall be eligible to run for office. However, for any of the elections set out in 14.01.01, 14.01.02, 14.01.03 or 14.01.04 above, a majority of valid votes cast are required to win. If no candidate gets a majority on the first ballot, then a run-off election shall be conducted and the two nominees receiving the greatest number of votes on the first ballot shall be the nominees on the second ballot. If no one nominee receives a majority on the first ballot and there is a tie for second place, a run-off election shall be conducted and the person receiving the greatest number of votes on the first ballot and the persons who tied for second place shall be the nominees on the second ballot.

14.01.09 The results of the elections shall be announced at the Convention, and after the report of the elections is accepted by the Convention, the ballots shall be destroyed.

14.01.10 Elected Officers shall take office immediately after the installation of officers, and shall hold office until their successors are elected and assume office.