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Petitions Being Accepted for the USA Fencing Board of Directors Election

02/13/2021, 9:15am CST
By Election Committee

The USA Fencing Election Committee is accepting petitions from those seeking to run in the 2021 USA Fencing Board of Directors Election. Petitions must be delivered to the National Office  by 5 p.m. MDT on March 31, 2021. The 2021 USA Fencing Election will be held from May 5-19.

2021 USA Fencing Election Petition Form

In order to petition onto the ballot, all potential candidates must receive at least 50 signatures of voting members in good standing from at least 10 separate USA Fencing clubs. Voting members are all individuals who, as of Feb. 1, 2021, hold a USA Fencing membership of supporting level or higher and are at least 18 years old.

Please Note: All petitions must be received by the USA Fencing National Office in original hard copy ONLY. Electronic petitions and electronic delivery of copies of petitions are not permitted. 

On Jan. 8, the USA Fencing Nominating Committee announced that the following individuals will be candidates in the election:

At-Large Director (Two to be Elected)

  • Donald Alperstein (Denver, Colo.)
  • Jeff Kim (Johns Creek, Ga.)
  • Vickie Miller (Durham, N.C.)
  • Ann Marsh-Senic (Royal Oak, Mich.)
  • Scott Webb (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
  • Dawn Wilson (Louisville, Ky.)

Per Article IX, Section 9.4.b of the USA Fencing Bylaws, additional candidates may be nominated by petition, provided that:

i. The prospective candidate identifies the position for which he or she seeks selection and meets the qualifications of that position; and

ii. Prior to or simultaneously with the submission of supporting petitions, the prospective candidate shall have in writing indicated his or her willingness to serve and acceded to the Qualifying Affirmation prescribed in these Bylaws; and

iii. The petitions submitted in support of the prospective candidate include no fewer than 50 subscriptions of voting members in good standing who have among them named no fewer than ten separate officially recognized clubs as their primary affiliation and whose identity and intent are not reasonably subject to doubt.

Also, per Section 9.4:

c. The National Office shall authenticate petitions and the signatures thereon and the Election Committee shall determine whether each person nominated by petition meets the qualifications laid down in these Bylaws for the office being sought; and shall only allow the names of those candidates who submit complying petitions and meet such qualifications to appear on the ballot

The petitions must be received by the National Office no later than 5 p.m. MDT on March 31, per Section 9.5:

Delivery of Petitions. No petition shall serve to nominate a candidate for any USFA position unless the original petition and all other documents required by this Article are received by the National Office of the USFA not later than 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time of the last business day of March of the year in which the election is to be conducted. Electronic petitions and electronic delivery of copies of petitions are not permitted.

The mailing address for the USA Fencing is as follows:

Attention: Election Committee
210 USA Cycling Pl. Suite 120
Colorado Springs, CO 80919

For questions, please contact electioncommittee@usafencing.org.

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