Assembly adopts election procedure changes
The ISBA Assembly on Dec. 8 adopted changes in the Policy and Procedures on Association Elections to require fewer signatures on Assembly nominating petitions and to add a month to election campaigns of candidates for third vice president.
Section 3, Election for Third Vice President, was amended to permit members to announce and advertise their candidacies, and to begin to circulate nominating petitions, on Oct. 1 instead of Nov. 1.
Section 5, Assembly Elections, was reduced from 20 to 10 in the number of signatures from eligible members in the geographic area of a candidate’s petition. Assembly members weighed in with alternate suggestions that were not considered.
Eugene F. Friedman thought the 20-signature requirement should continue in Cook County, and 10 outside Cook County. Willis R. Tribler proposed eliminating the petition procedure entirely in favor of a statement of candidacy.
The Assembly also amended Rule 6.1 of its Rules of Procedure to allow nominations for members of the Committee on Agenda and Program to be made from the floor of the meeting at which elections are conducted.
ABA delegates named
Only one candidate filed in each of two elections by the Assembly of under-age-35 delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates.
Declared duly elected are Gina M. Arquilla, an Assembly member from Chicago, for the Cook County seat, and Brett R. Geiger of Joliet, for the outside Cook County seat.
New LAWPAC trustees
ISBA President Joseph G. Bisceglia announced his appointment of trustees of the Illinois Lawyers Political Action Committee during the Assembly meeting. They are:
Gilda Hudson-Winfield of Chicago, a member of the Family Law Section Council and the Committee on Judicial Evaluations.
Sheila M. Murphy of Chicago, a retired Cook County judge and former member of the ISBA Board of Governors.
Kent F. Slater of Joliet, a retired Appellate Court justice who serves on the Committee on Legislation.
The new trustees replace Rex Brown of Decatur, Herbert Franks of Marengo and Leslie Hairston of Chicago, who have served the maximum two terms.