Section 1. The Officers of the Council shall be one (1) President, one (1) Secretary-Treasurer, and one (1) Executive Vice President, and four (4) Vice Presidents. Only members in good standing of an affiliated Local Union, for one (1) year or more, shall be eligible to hold office in the Council. The term of office to which these Officers are elected shall be three (3) years, following the Regular January Council Meeting.

Section 2. Election of Officers and Trustees shall be held at the Regular Council Meeting in January, except as otherwise provided for herein. Only members in good standing of an affiliated Local Union, for one (1) year or more, shall be eligible to hold office in the Council or as a Trustee of the Council.

(a) The Board of Trustees, composed of three (3) members, shall be elected by secret ballot. At the December 2, 1978 election and at each January thereafter, there will be an election of one (1) Trustee for a three (3) year term. Should a vacancy occur in the Board of Trustees, the Executive Board shall elect one of the members of an affiliated Local Union who would have been eligible for election to office at the last regular meeting of the Council, to fill the vacancy pro tem until the next regular scheduled election of Trustees.

Section 3. The nominations shall take place at the Regular September Council Meeting preceding the January election, except as otherwise provided for herein.

Section 4. No more than two (2) members of any Local Union may serve as an Officer of the Council at one time.

Section 5. The election of Officers in the Council shall be by secret ballot, and it shall require a majority vote of the accepted ballots to elect. Each position shall be nominated and voted upon separately. In the event no candidate receives a majority vote on the first ballot, there shall be a run-off election between the nominees receiving the first and second highest number of votes on the first ballot. In the event of a tie vote on a run-off ballot, there shall be additional balloting until one candidate receives a majority vote.

Section 6. The Credentials Committee shall act as tellers to prepare the ballots, and see that the votes are properly counted, and to safeguard the honesty of the vote. If any member of the Credentials Committee is a candidate for any elected position, the Chairman shall appoint another Delegate who is not a candidate to replace them.

Section 7. Should a vacancy occur in any office of the Executive Board, other than President, the remaining members of the Executive Board shall elect one of the members of an affiliated Local Union, who would have been eligible for election to office at the last regular meeting of the Council, to fill the vacancy pro tem until the next regularly scheduled election of Officers, except that it shall not be necessary to fill such a vacancy when less than sixty (60) days remain to such scheduled election(s). Any Officers elected pro tem shall have only such powers as shall be delegated by the Executive Board. In no case, shall the pro tem office exist beyond one (1) year.

(a) Should the office of the President become vacant, the Executive Vice President shall act in the capacity of President until the next regular Council Meeting.

Section 8. At the expiration of a term of office by termination or otherwise, of any Officer of the Council, they shall immediately turn over to their successor all money, property, papers, records, and books of the Council.

Section 9. Any Michigan State Utility Workers Council UWUA Officer elected or appointed, Council Trustee, or member of any Council committee elected or appointed that accepts a supervisory position, temporary or otherwise, upon accepting same, their Council office or position is automatically terminated.