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This procedure does not specify how candidates shall be nominated, nor whether the ballot shall be secret; however, these are specified elsewhere in the bylaws, in the places where this procedure is referred to.
The nomination period shall run for one month prior to the vote.
The vote to choose a delegate out of the candidates shall be done using range voting.
Once elected, a delegate serves until they are replaced, or until they reach their term limit. Since the delegate is never recalled until they are replaced, the position of delegate will always be occupied except in the case of unexpected resignation, incapacity, or death.
To call a replacement election, a simple majority of the constituents is needed. This may be accomplished by means of a "standing poll"; otherwise, a petition of 1/3 of the constituents is sufficient to initiate a vote on the question of whether to have a replacement election. The replacement election is just like a normal election for a delegate. While the results of the replacement election are pending, the incumbent retains power. The incumbent may stand in, and may win, the replacement election; in this case no change takes place. In the case of a tie, if the incumbent is one of the candidates in the tie, the incumbent wins.
In the case of unexpected resignation,incapacity or death, a temporary delegate will be elected as follows. Candidates are nominated as usual; the vote is taken on the third day following the first nomination of a candidate for the temporary position. One month after this, there shall be another election to (possibly) replace the temporary delegate. The temporary delegate may be nominated for candidacy in the follow-up election.
