ELECTION CAMPAIGNING

Right to Solicit Votes. If more people are nominated for the board than can be elected, the election must allow all nominees a reasonable opportunity to solicit votes and all members a reasonable opportunity to choose among the nominees. Corp. Code §7522(b) A nominee must have a reasonable opportunity to communicate to the members the nominee's qualifications and the reasons for the nominee's candidacy. Corp. Code §7522(c)

Newsletters. Where a corporation with 500 or more members publishes any material soliciting a vote for any nominee for director in any publication owned or controlled by the corporation, the corporation may provide that it shall make available to all other nominees, in the same issue of the publication, an equal amount of space, with equal prominence, to be used by the nominee for a purpose reasonably related to the election. Corp. Code §7523 The same accommodations should be made in associations with less than 500 members.

Request to Mail Materials. An association with 500 or more members may provide that upon written request by any nominee for election to the board and the payment of the reasonable costs of mailing (including postage), the association shall within 10 business days after such request (provided payment has been made) mail to members any material which the nominee may furnish and which is reasonably related to the election, or within 5 business days after the request allows the nominee to inspect and copy the membership list. Corp. Code §7524

Equal Access to Media. Associations must provide equal access to their media.

Updated 8/9/2008