2012 Board of Trustees Election

• Candidates
• Candidate Letter
• Nominating Petition
• Instructions for filing 2012 Nominating Petition and Submission of Related Documents
• Rules and Regulations of the State Bar - Title 6, Division 1, Chapter 1
• Election Schedule
• Agreement for Use of State Bar Membership, Eligibility and Voting Lists
• Hold Harmless Agreement
• District Membership, Eligibility, and Voting List Fees
• Duties of Board Members

In 2012, two seats on the State Bar's Board of Trustees will be up for election. Districts 4 and 5 will each have one open seat.

District 4: Imperial, Inyo, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties
District 5: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties

Any active member of the State Bar who maintains his or her principal office for the practice of law within the State Bar district in which there is a vacancy is eligible to run for a seat on the board. Lawyer members are elected for three-year terms and will assume their offices at the conclusion of the 2012 Annual Meeting.

2012 schedule of dates and deadlines

• Feb. 1: Nominating petitions available
• April 2: Last day to file nominating petitions
• April 11: Last day to withdraw nomination
• April 20: Eligibility list closes*
• April 30: Ballots mailed**
• July 2: Last day for voting
• July 9-12: Canvass of ballots
• Oct. 11-14: Annual Meeting – Monterey

Upon receipt of the ballot packet, members may vote using the mail ballot or online with their member number (blind information that is not printed on the ballot) and the voter PIN number printed on the ballot. The combination of these two numbers permits members to vote in their district elections.

* Any active member of the State Bar in good standing on the date the eligibility list closes whose principal office for the practice of law is located within a county that is included within the State Bar district in which there is an election, shall be eligible to vote in the 2012 election.

** For 2012, the State Bar will conduct a “hybrid” election that uses a combination of voting by mail ballot and online. A ballot packet is mailed to all eligible members. The ballot packet is similar to the one used in past elections by the State Bar and includes a ballot, instructions, candidate statements, a unique voter PIN number printed on the ballot and a return mail ballot envelope.