Election of the chair: The chair of the SBN-IB is nominated from within the SBN-IB members and elected by the SBN-IB. A three-member ad hoc officer election committee appointed by the SBN-IB executes the election. The members of the committee are selected from SBN-IB members and cannot be candidates in the election. The appointment of the committee is managed by the current SBN-IB chair. The chair of the election ad hoc committee, who manages the election is selected by the committee. The election must be completed no later than two months prior to the start of the new term, except in the first election defined in 4.c.
i. The initial rules for the first election ad hoc committee are the following:
• The committee will solicit up to three nominations from each SBN-IB member with voting right.
• The committee will contact all nominees with three or more nominations to ascertain their willingness to stand for election.
• The election will be held electronically.
• In case only one candidate stands for election, each IB member with voting right casts a single vote of approval or disapproval. The candidate is elected if approved by more than 50% of the cast votes.
• If multiple candidates stand, each IB member with voting right casts a single vote for one candidate. The candidate who obtains more than 50% of the cast votes wins the election. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of the cast votes, a run-off vote is held between the two candidates with most votes in the first round. The candidate who receives more than 50% of the cast votes wins the election.
• At least 1/2 of the IB members with voting right must cast vote in the election for it to be valid.