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ALA Elections - Polls Open!

  • 1.  ALA Elections - Polls Open!

    Posted Mar 14, 2022 09:18 AM

    The ALA Election is now open. Polls opened this morning at 9 a.m. Central Time on Monday, March 14, 2022.  ALA members who renewed their membership by January 31, 2022 will be able to cast a digital ballot to vote for association-wide leadership that will shape the future and direction of the association. The ALA annual election will close on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

     

    ALA Presidential & Treasurer Candidates

    ALA 2023–24 presidential election includes Emily Drabinski, interim chief librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Kelvin Watson, executive director of Las Vegas–Clark County (Nev.) Library District. The 2022-2025 treasurer candidate is Peter Hepburn. All candidates participated in the virtual ALA Presidential and Treasurer Candidates' Forum on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Voters also will select ALA Councilors-at-Large candidates. Biographical information is available on the ALA website. If a member belongs to a Division or Roundtable, then they will also receive those specific ballots.

     

    How Members Vote

    When the polls open, ALA/SBS will notify voters by e-mail, providing them with information about how to vote online including their log-in information. E-mails will be sent over a three-day period, March 14 – 16. Members should watch for emails from: "ALA Governance Office" at noreply@directvote.net.

     

    Special thanks to the election administrator staff for facilitating the creation of the ballot(s). For more information, please visit the ALA Election Website: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection

     

    Thank you,

     

    Sheryl Reyes, MPH, MSMIS

    Director, Office of ALA Governance

    ALAAmericanLibraryAssociation

    225 N Michigan Ave | Suite 1300

    Chicago, IL 60601

    sreyes@ala.org
    Telephone: (312) 280 4230

    www.ala.org