Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Your elected reps (status reps, not S/Ts) make up the Board of Directors. The BOD is who elects the National Officers. MEC chairs have no vote, or standing, as they're not part of the BOD.
It's the first person who gets a majority of the votes cast. If you have more than 2 candidates, it takes multiple rounds, because the lowest vote getter drops off.
sort of - typically carriers vote as a block and the haggling begins with the MEC chair - he’s very important and prob most important person in that block. It’s a roll call vote so UAL would deliver some 13k votes towards one person typically - I’ve never seen every rep vote on his own. There could be a split but it won’t be some willy nillly secret hidden vote