NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

 Report of the 1998 Committee on Elections
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 6, 1998

TO:      NRA Annual Meeting of Members

     The Bylaws of the Association designate the NRA Committee on Elections as being responsible for the conduct of the election of Directors. The Committee selected the firm of Deloitte & Touche, one of the international "Big 6" accounting firms, to assist with the election. The Committee also selected the document imaging services of Copy General Corporation in Sterling, Virginia, to optically scan the ballots.

     The detailed procedures to maintain control over the ballots, determine their validity, and assure accurate scanning and tabulation were described to Committee members prior to the beginning of ballot tabulation. The procedures assured compliance with all provisions of the NRA Bylaws, and the Committee met with both Deloitte & Touche and Copy General to confirm that all requirements were being met. Deloitte & Touche have certified these results.

     A total of 1,226,718 ballots were mailed to eligible voting members of the Association for the election of twenty-five Directors for three-year terms ending in 2001 and one Director for a term ending in 1999. A total of 194,375 ballots (15.8%) were cast by eligible members. All ballots received were valid except for a total of 6,279 (3.2%) that were judged invalid for the following reasons:
Ballots with over 26 votes 4,359
Ballots returned non-deliverable 806
Ballots received after the May 17, 1998 deadline 282
Ballots returned unmarked 61
Ballots not properly authenticated 339
Other invalid ballots 432
     A total of 1,311 ballots included write-in votes or a combination of write-in votes and votes for candidates on the printed ballot. In no instance did a write-in candidate receive as many votes as any candidate on the printed ballot.

     In accordance with Article VIII, Section 2, of the Bylaws, as Chairman of the Committee on Elections, I declare the following members to have been elected Directors of the NRA for three-year terms ending in 200 1, to take office from the adjournment of this meeting:
 
1 . Charlton Heston 161,172
2. Bob Barr 144,392
3. Marion P. Hammer 142,729
4. Susan Howard 138,778
5. Larry Craig 137,225
6. Harold L. Volkmer 136,550
7. Don Young 135,816
8. Oliver L. North 135,377
9. Bill K. Brewster 132,298
10. Sandra S. Froman 131,972
11. Sue King 129,388
12. Ted Nugent 129,151
13. Michael P. Baker 112,191
14. Dwight D. Van Horn 109,656
15. David C. Jones 108,357
16. William H. Dailey 107,322
17. David G. Coy 105,776
18. M. Carol Bambery 105,486
19. James W. Porter II 103,748
20. Brian A. Johnson 103,609
21. Lance Olson 103,353
22. Michael A. Lee 103,016
23. John F. Milius 96,956
24. Harold W. Schroeder      95,694
25. Jim Nicholson 95,336

and for a one-year term ending in 1999:
 
26. Alfred Ockenfels             93,586

The remaining candidates on the ballot are as follows:
 
27. William D. Steigers 93,292
28. John J. Thompson 92,219
29. Alan M. Dapp 90,834
30. Raymond W. Cahen 88,275
31. Robin L. Sharpless 83,254
32. Glen 1. Voorhees, Jr. 43,408
33. Don L. Henry 41,095
34. Jeffery A. Knox 39,524
35. Phillip B. Journey 38,821
36. Fred Griisser 37,819
37. Michael J. Beko 37,638
38. Howard I Fezell 36,853
39. Wesley H. Grogan, Jr.      36,477
40. Albert C. Ross 36,401
41. James A. Church 36,172
42. Dan Mora 36,158
43. Kim Stolfer 35,750
44. Fred E. Gustafson 35,479
45. John C. Krull 34,982
46. Arnold J. Gaunt 34,711
47. Jerry L. Allen 34,553
48. David M. Gross 34,251
49. William B. Hunt 34,081
50. John H. Trentes 33,951
51. William Dominquez 33,493
52. Thomas L. Seefeldt 33,239
53. Michael S. Kindberg 32,848
54. Robley T. Moore 32,165
55. Frank H. Sawberger 31,806
56. Larry R. Rankin 31,765
57. John L. Guest 30,729
58. Clarence E. Lovell 29,354
59. Sanford M. Abrams 27,598
60. Richard E. Gardiner 27,595
61. F.E. Bachhuber, Jr. 27,148
62. Bill F. Steg'Kemper 25,853
63. Al Rubega 21,404
64. Franklin R. Volk 20,620
65. John T. Millay 16,405

     One Director will be elected each year for a one-year term by those members present and voting at the Annual Meetings, who have attained the age of 18 years, are citizens of the United States, and whose fully paid membership was received by the Secretary on or before April 17, 1998. This includes not only lifetime members and annual members with five or more consecutive years of membership who were eligible to vote in the mail elections, but all annual members present as well. Nominees for the election at this Annual Meeting of Members are those candidates who had been nominated previously for the mail election of Directors and write-in nominees from the mail election of Directors who failed to be elected.

     Voting for this additional Director began at the opening of this meeting and will close at the adjournment of the meeting. The results will be announced this evening at the Members Banquet, and will also be published in the Official Journal along with this Report.

     A total of 1,226,718 ballots were mailed to eligible voting members of the Association for the proposed Bylaw Amendment. A total of 187,970 ballots were cast by eligible members. All of the ballots received were valid except for a total of 2,044 that were judged invalid for the following reasons:
 
Ballots returned non-deliverable 806
Ballots received after the May 17, 1998 deadline      282
Ballots returned unmarked (no votes) 600
Ballots not properly authenticated 339
Other invalid ballots 17

     In accordance with Article XV, Section 4, of the Bylaws, as Chairman of the Committee on Elections, I declare the following Bylaw Amendment failed by a vote of
 
YES     NO    
31,647      154,279    

Respectfully submitted,
 
Howard W. Pollock
Chairman

1998 COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
Howard W. Pollock, Chairman
Allan D. Cors
James D. Ramm.
Edward J. Land, Jr., Secretary