SECTION 2. All directors shall take office on the first day of January of each year following their election,
   and shall serve for a term of two years, or until a successor shall be duly elected or appointed and qualified.
   The two (2) year terms for the directors shall be staggered as follows: two (2) directors shall begin their two
   (2) year term on the first day of January of one year, and two (2) directors shall begin their two (2) year term
   on the first day of January of the following year. 

   SECTION 3. All directors of the civic league shall serve without compensation from the organization, and no
   part of the income or net earnings from the organization shall inure to the benefit of any individual.

   SECTION 4. Any director may, after due and proper hearing before the Board of Directors, be removed
   from office due to failure or unwillingness or inability to serve, malfeasance, or conduct unbecoming a
   member. In such a case, a vote of two-thirds (2/3^rd) of the entire Board of Directors shall be necessary to
   sustain the removal.


ARTICLE IX – NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

   SECTION 1. The election of Officers and Directors shall be held at the Annual Meeting of this Association,
   usually in December.

   SECTION 2. The President shall appoint a Nomination and Elections Committee. The duties of this
   committee shall be to solicit, receive, and prepare nominations and to have general charge of counting the
   ballots.

   SECTION 3. Any resident "in good standing" who desires to run for a position on the Laurel Cove Civic
   League Board of Directors shall present himself/herself in writing to the Board of Directors as candidate.
   The Committee on Nominations and Elections shall notify the general membership of the Slate of Nominees
   at least thirty (30) days in advance of the general membership meeting that precedes the Annual Meeting.
   Nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the general membership meeting that precedes the Annual
   Meeting.

   SECTION 4. ALL candidates for election/re-election are expected to attend the general membership meeting
   in which their Nomination is announced, as well as the Annual Meeting during which the election will be held.
   The Board of Directors may waive this requirement if they determine that the circumstances warrant.

   SECTION 5. Voting shall be by secret ballot. Only members in good standing present at the December
   meeting may vote. There is no voting by proxy.

   SECTION 6. The candidate(s) for each office receiving a majority of all votes cast shall be declared elected.
   In the case of the office of director, the four (4) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be
   declared elected.

   SECTION 7. Certification of the Election shall occur at the first meeting of the new Board of Directors in
   January. The Secretary shall certify in the minutes the results of the December election.

   SECTION 8. If any of the above positions cannot be filled due to a shortage of candidates, that position may
   remain vacant, or combined with another position, at the discretion of the incumbent civic league president. In
   the event there is no qualified and willing candidate for the position of civic league president, the First Vice-
   President will automatically ascend to that position, and the Second Vice-President will ascend to the position
   of First Vice-President.