OUTDOOR RESORTS/PALM SPRINGS OWNERS ASSOCIATION ELECTION OPERATING RULES (Adopted ___________) A PPLICABILITY OF E LECTION O PERATING R ULES
1. These Election Operating Rules shall apply to elections required to be held by secret ballot pursuant to Civil Code Section 5100(a). The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, also determine to apply these Election Operating Rules to govern an election on any topic that is not expressly required by statute to be conducted by secret ballot. A CCESS TO A SSOCIATION C OMMUNICATIONS 2. No Member shall be provided access to association media, newsletters or internet web sites within the period (30) thirty days prior to the date that ballots are sent to the membership in any election subject to Civil Code Section 5100(a) and these Election Operating Rules. The term “association media” does not include the official ballot materials sent to the membership for Board elections, which may include a candidacy statement, biographical description, and/or photograph of the candidates. Prior to this timeframe, all candidates or Members advocating a point of view shall have equal access to all Association media, newsletters, and websites during a campaign for purposes reasonably related to that election. Equal access may include no access to any candidate or Member. 3. The Association will not edit or redact (black out) any content from communications set forth in Section 2. The Association may include a statement that the candidate or Member, and not the Association, is solely responsible for the content of the communication. 4. Candidates, including those who are not incumbents, and Members advocating a point of view reasonably related to the election, shall have equal access to any Common Area meeting space, if any exists. This access shall be provided at no charge for purposes reasonably related to the election, except that the Association may implement procedures for reserving Common Area meeting spaces and access may not be provided if the area is already in use or has already been reserved. C ANDIDATE Q UALIFICATIONS 5. Qualifications for candidates to the Board of Directors shall include: a. Candidates must be Members of the Association. Any Member that is not a natural person (such as a corporate Member or trust) may appoint a natural person to be a candidate on its behalf. b. If the Candidate, if elected, would be serving on the Board at the same time as another Member who holds a joint ownership interest in the same separate interest parcel as the Candidate and the other Member is either properly nominated for the current election or an incumbent Director, the Candidate may be disqualified.
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