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181.300 BOARD OF DIRECTORS1.310 ADMINISTRATIONThe administrative authority of this Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors of eleven (11) members elected, each for a term of three years, as hereinafter provided.The office of the Association shall be the office of the Board of Directors.1.320 ELECTION DIVISIONSFor the purpose of electing the members of the Board of Directors and providing equal representation for all parts of the state, the state shall be divided into seven (7) Divisions. Each of these Divisions shall be formed by combining three of the twenty-one(21) Districts of the state established for the purpose of electing the members of the Legislative Commission, these Districts being definedin Section 1.330 of this Constitution. In addition, four (4) members shall be elected from the membership at-large. One at-large member must be a racial minority, one must be a member of the underrepresented gender, one must be a member of a private/non-public school,one must be from an underrepresented school/Equity Position at the time of the election (50% or more student population being Black or Latinx or low-income per Illinois State Report Card data). All must be principals or administrators designated as officialrepresentatives of member schools. No more than two (2) at-large members elected to the Board of Directors may be from the same Board division.1.330 DIVISIONS DEFINEDUntil changed by the Board of Directors, the seven Divisions from which Directors shall be elected shall be made up of Legislative Commission Districts as follows:Division 1 - Legislative Commission Division 5 - Legislative CommissionDistricts 1, 2 and 3 Districts 13, 14 and 15Division 2 - Legislative Commission Division 6 - Legislative CommissionDistricts 4, 5 and 6 Districts 16, 17 and 18Division 3 - Legislative Commission Division 7 - Legislative CommissionDistricts 7, 8 and 9 Districts 19, 20 and 21Division 4 - Legislative CommissionDistricts 10, 11 and 121.340 NOMINATIONSNo later than September 1 each year, the Board of Directors shall cause to be electronically mailed to the principal of each member school in each division in which a member of the Board of Directors is to be elected, and to the membership in the event one or more at-large members of the Board of Directors is to be elected, a letter identifying the positions for which elections are to be held along with a primary ballot requesting nominations for the appropriate Board member positions.Principals may nominate one principal or official representative from a member school in their Division as a candidate and/or oneprincipal or official representative from any member school in the state as a candidate for an at-large position. These nominations mustbe completed online by September 15. The Board of Directors shall appoint a teller to verify the vote count. The two principals or officialrepresentatives from each Division, or from the state at-large, as pertinent to the positions for which nominations are sought, receiving the highest number of nominating votes shall be declared the nominees and they shall be notified immediately of their nomination by mail.In case of a tie vote in any Division, the tellers shall determine the winner by lot.1.350 ELECTIONNot later than September 20, the Board of Directors shall cause to be electronically mailed to the principal of each member school in each Division or in the membership at-large in which an election is to be held, a ballot on which are the names of the two nominees. Principals shall mark their electronic ballots in the regular manner, voting for only one of the nominees. Each electronic ballot shall be submitted electronically to the Association by October 1. The Board of Directors shall appoint a teller who shall meet not later than October 4, to verify the vote count. The teller shall then certify to the Board of Directors the results of the balloting. Within thirty days after the election, the Board shall meet, canvass the vote and declare the candidate(s) in each Division receiving the higher number of votes for each position to have been elected. In case of a tie vote in any Division, the tellers shall determine the winner by lot.