UPDATE 5/10: Voting is now open for 2025 DAJ Tokai Chapter in Formation Election. Members have two ways to vote:
- Fill out a digital ballot. (If you access the ballot link from the email with the subject line "[BALLOT ENCLOSED] DAJ Tokai Chapter in Formation Election 2025" sent on May 10th (Sat), your membership number will be automatically filled in.)
- Print and fill out a PDF ballot, then take a scan or image of the completed ballot and email it to [email protected].
All ballots must be returned by Saturday May 31st at 23:59 Japan time.
The 2025 Tokai Chapter Nomination and Election Committee (NEC) of Democrats Abroad Japan (DAJ) is proud to call for nominations on all positions of the Tokai chapter of DAJ 2025-2027 term. The call for nominations is for the following positions:
Chapter Chair
Chapter Vice Chair
Chapter Secretary
Chapter Treasurer
If you are interested in holding an officer position, you must fulfill the following requirements in order to qualify:
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Be a member in good standing pursuant to Article III of the By-Laws of Democrats Abroad Japan, and residing in one of the prefectures of the Tokai region (Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Mie, Nagano, or Shizuoka prefectures). You can confirm your membership by signing into democratsabroad.org and going to “Account Settings”.
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Not be completing a 2nd consecutive term for the office in question, as per the term limits set out in our by-laws pursuant to Article X, Section 1: “No National, or Chapter Officer, nor any Members-at-Large can serve more than two (2) consecutive terms in the same position.”
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In the case of running for Chair or Vice Chair, pursuant to Article V, Section 1, “The Chair and Vice Chair shall not be of the same-sex.”
DA Japan Bylaws are available here:
https://democratsabroad.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/7863959721/DAJP-Bylaws-Rev-2022.pdf
Nomination Procedure
In order to join the election process, members may nominate themselves or another member by sending an e-mail to [email protected] no later than 11:59 p.m. Japan time on May 8 (Thu), 2025. All nomination emails should include the following:
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Complete name of the person nominated.
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Contact information including phone number and email address.
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Name of the nominated position.
Election Calendar
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Wednesday, April 9th: Nominations Open
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Thursday, May 8th: Nominations Deadline
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Saturday, May 10th: Start of Voting
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Saturday, May 31st at 11:59pm: Deadline for Returning Ballots
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Sunday, June 1st (Time TBD): Ballot Counting Meeting
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Results announced within 15 days of ballot count
Distribution of Ballots
Ballots will be distributed electronically on Saturday, May 10th. A link to the ballot will also be available on the DAJ website.
Ballot Counting
Ballot counting will occur on Sunday, June 1st, 2025 at 10am. This meeting will be held virtually on Webex and is open to observers.
- Meeting number => 23083010366
- Meeting Password => dems
- Meeting URL => https://democratsabroad.webex.com/democratsabroad/j.php?MTID=me00202d24a821d798eb93a46c709be05
Sincerely yours,
2025 Tokai Chapter Nomination and Election Committee
Raymond K. Terhune (Chair)
Rachel DePalma (Secretary)
Anna Costello (changed as of May 6th)