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Installation of Officers

The Election Committee makes its general report to the membership. The membership votes to accept it. (If there is no formal protest pending, the membership has no choice but to accept it.)

When do the newly elected officers take office?

Those elected shall be installed in office immediately upon the Sub-Chapter's acceptance of the Election Committee's general report on the election. (Retiree Elections Code, Section 2, Sub-section I)

Some Sub-Chapter constitutions have provisions that would seem to provide for a delay of anywhere from a few days to a couple of months between completion of the election and the installation of the new officers. No such provision is valid. Those elected must be installed immediately.

The outgoing officers are obligated to turn over to their successors "all books, papers and other property" of the Sub-Chapter, and they remain under bond until they have done so.

Who installs the new officers? Anybody with a copy of the AFSCME Constitution. But, actually, the newly-elected have been the officers of the Sub-Chapter from the moment the Election Committee's report was accepted. They are legally bound by the "Obligation of an Officer," the oath found in Appendix B of the International Constitution, whether or not they have ever raised their hands and recited the words.

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