IEEE Annual Election Petitions

Individual voting members who wish to circulate a petition for the 2012 IEEE Annual Election shall submit a petition draft to corp-election@ieee.org by 15 April 2012.

Per IEEE Bylaw I-307.9, the number of valid petition signatures required is calculated by using the eligible voting members count as of 31 December in the previous year's IEEE Annual Statistics and this formula:

• For all positions where the electorate is less than 30,000 voting members, signatures shall be required from 2% of the eligible voters
• For all positions where the electorate is more then 30,000 voting members, 600 signatures of eligible voters plus 1% of the difference between the number of eligible voters and 30,000 shall be required

IEEE Corporate Activities will provide the exact number of signatures required for a specific petition after the IEEE Board of Directors approved the IEEE Annual Statistics at their February meeting. As signatures are obtained, they should be submitted to IEEE Corporate Activities Department, in advance of the deadline date for petitions, in order for staff to begin the verification process.

A signature is considered valid if the signer is eligible to vote for the office sought by the proposed candidate at the time the signature is submitted to IEEE Corporate Activities. Otherwise, the signature is considered invalid.  All petition signatures (paper and electronic) for the 2012 IEEE Annual Election must be received by IEEE Corporate Activities by 12:00 noon EDT USA (16:00 UTC). Signatures received after the deadline will not be counted. 

Petition signatures must be received by 12:00 noon EDT USA (16:00 UTC) on Friday, 8 June 2012 to be counted for the 2012 IEEE Annual Election.

Petitions available for signing:

• Howard E. Michel for IEEE President-Elect, 2013 (paper petition form, PDF 360KB)
• Charles P. Rubenstein for IEEE-USA President-Elect, 2013 (paper petition form, PDF 360KB)

Sign petitions electronically

IEEE staff will work with the petitioner on the paper petition form and electronic petition website.

Text used on the petition forms:

I (We), the undersigned, petition to add (Name of Petition Candidate) to the (Year) IEEE annual election ballot for the position of (Position) for the term (Years). I (We) certify that to the best of my (our) knowledge, I (we) am (are) eligible to vote for this position in the next IEEE annual election.

Note: This petition is not being signed nor circulated any earlier than as specified in IEEE Policy 13.7 and will only be accepted if received by IEEE Headquarters by the date and time specified by the same policy. All members who sign this petition must be voting members in good standing at the time their signatures are received by IEEE Headquarters.