Members Reject Protest, Uphold Election

May 5, 2005

At tonight's membership meeting, UAW Local 7902 members voted to reject a protest of the March 2005 election of Executive Officers, and to uphold the election and its results.

At the meeting, the Election Committee presented two reports on the March 2005 election of Executive Officers. The first report described the tally of votes for the position of President:

J. Ward Regan	218	votes
Daniel Meltzer	190	votes
Void/spoiled ballots	18

The members present voted unanimously to accept this report.

The second report described a protest of the election filed by Daniel Meltzer shortly after the election (no other protests were filed). The report included the Election Committee's detailed conclusions about protest's validity. In summary, the Election Committee recommended that the membership reject the protest, and in doing so, uphold the election's results. If you are a member of Local 7902 and would like a copy of the report, please email your name and mailing address to election@actuaw.org - a copy will be sent to you via regular mail.

After the second report was presented, many members, including Mr. Meltzer, asked the Election Committee questions and offered comments. Then the members voted by secret ballot whether to accept or reject the second report and its recommendations. 80 votes were cast:

• 67 Yes, indicating that the Election Committee's report should be accepted, the protest rejected, and the election and its results upheld;
• 11 No, indicating that the Election Committee's report should be rejected;
• 2 Void/spoiled (both had ambiguous marks that could not be clearly understood as "Yes" or "No").

Mr. Meltzer has the option of submitting the rejected protest to the UAW's President, Ron Gettelfinger, for review.

The Election Committee would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend this meeting, and special thanks to everyone who offered questions and comments.

Executive Officers Elected

March 29, 2005

ACT-UAW's first election of Executive Officers has concluded. Only one position was contested; the results of that race are:

PRESIDENT

J. Ward Regan	218	votes
Daniel Meltzer	190	votes
Void/spoiled ballots	18

J. Ward Regan, having received the majority of valid votes cast, has been declared the winner.

Because there was only one candidate for each of the other positions, and because the election rules did not allow "write-in" ballots, the Election Committee voted on February 25, 2005 to elect the following candidates to their positions by acclamation:

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT	Joel Schlemowitz
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT	Walter Alvarez
FINANCIAL SECRETARY	Susan Hambelton
RECORDING SECRETARY	Cate Fallon
TRUSTEES	Kathleen A. Bishop Marie Dormuth Sylvia M. Gonzalez
SERGEANT AT ARMS	Roger Brown
GUIDE	Fred Murhammer