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 Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Campaigning may not begin until Thursday, August 13, 2026.
All positions will require a filing fee of $25 due at time of certification.
2026 Annual Election Timeline:
- July 15, 2026 Certification/Credentialing Process Begins. No campaigning allowed.
- July 15, 2026 Chapters provided initial notice of outstanding balances.
- July 31, 2026 Membership deadline for initial delegate determination.
- August 13, 2026 Campaigning may begin if and only if a Candidate has been notified by the Elections Committee that they are certified.
- August 20, 2026 Candidate profiles are due.
- August 23, 2026 Virtual Meet the Candidates at 7pm via ZOOM.
- August 30, 2026 Special Election edition of Michigander will be published and made available on the JCI Michigan website.
- August 31, 2026 Nomination form due, if not turned in with the Certification form.
- Aug 31, 2026 Final membership deadline for adding delegates.
- September 1, 2026 Chapter Presidents will be emailed their delegate count (or reason for no delegates) by the Elections Committee.
- Sept 1, 2026 Electronic Ballots credentials will be sent to delegates and electronic voting will be open.
- Sept 10, 2026 Deadline for Chapter Presidents to submit their list of delegate names with email addresses AND deadline for candidates to submit elections paperwork.
- Sept 15, 2026 Chapter Presidents will be emailed if and only if their delegate count has changed since August 31, 2026.
- Sept 25, 2026 Electronic voting portal closes at 11:30 pm
- Sept 26, 2026 Final budget reports are due.
- Sept 26, 2026 Ballots results will be counted and certified by the Elections Committee and reported to the current President of JCI Michigan.
- Sept 27, 2026 Results will be announced in a special LIVE broadcast, time TBA.
- November 7, 2026 Swearing in of elected candidates at the Fall Leadership Conference in Holland, MI.
- November 8, 2026 Appointments, Interest meeting and other items as determined by the 2027 officers.
- November 8, 2026 Local Organization Training School (LOTS)