Elections will be held for the California Resolutions Committee Members at the 2023 NEA RA.

The Resolutions Committee is responsible for preparing proposed resolutions for adoption and presenting them to the Representative Assembly. Only credentialed delegates are eligible to be candidates.

This year’s NEA Resolutions Committee meetings will be held on July 1 and July 2 at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, FL. The meetings are scheduled for in-person only.

1. Declaration of Candidacy form. Click here to file a Declaration of Candidacy form for the NEA Resolutions Committee.  Deadline to file is 2 pm (EST), July 3, 2023. Please note, Declaration of Candidacy forms are only accepted via online. The filing window begins with the mailing of this pre-convention NEA RA Delegate Newsletter and ends at 2 pm (EST) , July 3, 2023.
2. Resolutions Committee members will be elected to three-year terms in accordance with NEA Standing Rule 7B. When a Resolutions Committee member serving a multi-year term is not subsequently elected as a state or local delegate to an upcoming NEA RA, their service will end when the Resolutions Committee concludes its summer meeting prior to the NEA RA.  This will result in an unexpired term.  In the event of a vacancy by resignation or other inability to serve, the alternate shall complete the Committee member’s term of service. An election to complete the term of the alternate will be conducted at the next NEA RA.
3. The California Caucus shall elect as many members to the NEA Resolutions Committee as there are NEA State Directors for California using the same geographical boundaries as provided for electing NEA State Directors. A candidate shall be employed in the area to be represented. Caucus members who have had an opportunity to vote for and to elect Resolutions Committee members at either the NEA-Retired or NEA Student Program representative assemblies are ineligible to vote for Resolutions Committee members elected by the California Caucus.

• The election shall be handled in accordance with the following procedures:

1. Ballot Order. After the deadline for submission of declaration of candidacy forms, the order on the ballot shall be established by listing the candidates within each district using the current “CTA Elections Alphabet.”
2. Statement of Qualifications. Candidates may submit a statement of qualifications not to exceed 250 characters in the “Bio Sketch” section of the Declaration of Candidacy form.  At the established time, all candidates who have met the filing deadline shall also be afforded the opportunity of making an oral statement to the Caucus, not to exceed one minute (write-in candidates not included). The oral statements will be made in the same order that the names of the candidates appear on the ballot.
3. Requirements for Election. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes in each district shall be elected as members of the NEA Resolutions Committee from California. The candidate receiving the second highest number of votes from each district will be the alternate. The election shall be by plurality vote.

• Voting and ballot counting procedures for electing Resolutions Committee members are as follows:

1. Voting will be electronic. The voting link will be emailed to RA Delegates’ personal email address they used to register for the RA.
2. Prohibition of Campaigning. While the voting window is open, there shall be no campaigning by the candidates or others.
3. Counting and Observers. Votes will be tabulated electronically by Simply Voting.
4. Tellers Report. The Chairperson of the Elections Committee shall prepare the Tellers Report, which shall also be signed by members of the Elections Committee as verification of the results.
5. Announcement of Results. After completion and verification by the required signatures, the Tellers Report shall be immediately given to the Caucus Chairperson for announcement of the results to the Caucus. The official election results shall include the number of votes.
6. Report to NEA. The CTA President shall be responsible for reporting the election results to the NEA.