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Elections Packet

 2026 Board of Directors Elections Info

Elected Positions Available:

  • President
  • Programming Vice-President
  • Membership Vice President
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director
  • District A Director
  • District B Director
  • District C Director

Formal Candidate Certification will begin on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Campaigning may not begin until Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

All positions will require a filing fee of $25 due at time of certification.

The finalized elections packet with application and campaign rules can be found under “State Documents” in the Document Library here!

2024 Annual Election Timeline:

  • July 1, 2025 Certification/Credentialing Process Begins.  No campaigning allowed.
  • July 1, 2025 Chapters provided initial notice of outstanding balances.
  • July 15, 2025 Chapters provided a second notice of outstanding balances.
  • July 22, 2025 Campaigning may begin if and only if a Candidate has been notified by the Elections Committee that they are certified.  
  • July 26, 2025 Candidate profiles are due.
  • July 31, 2025 Membership deadline for initial delegate determination.
  • Aug 1, 2025 Nomination form due, if not turned in with the Certification form.
  • Aug 2, 2025 Chapter Presidents will be emailed their delegate count (or reason for no delegates) by the Elections Committee.
  • Aug 3, 2025 Virtual Meet the Candidates at 7:00pm
  • Aug 8, 2025 Special Election edition of Michigander will be published and made available on the JCI Michigan website. 
  • Aug 9, 2025 Deadline for Chapter Presidents to submit their list of delegate names with email addresses AND deadline for candidates to submit elections paperwork. 
  • Aug 11, 2025 Electronic Ballots credentials will be sent to delegates and electronic voting will be open.
  • Aug 31, 2025 Final membership deadline for adding delegates. 
  • Sept 01, 2025 Chapter Presidents will be emailed if and only if their delegate count has changed since July 31, 2025. 
  • Sept 05, 2025 Electronic voting portal closes at 11:30 pm
  • Sept 06, 2025 Final budget reports are due.
  • Sept 06, 2025 Ballots results will be counted and certified by the Elections Committee and reported to the current President of JCI Michigan.
  • Sept 07, 2025 Results will be announced in a special LIVE broadcast, time TBA. 
  • Oct 4, 2025 Swearing in of elected candidates at the Fall Leadership Conference in Spring Lake, MI.
  • Oct 5, 2025 2026 Appointments, Interest meeting and other items as determined by the 2026 officers.
  • Nov 15, 2025 Local Organization Training School (LOTS)