NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Report of the 2000 Committee on Elections
Report of the 2000 Committee on Elections
| Charlotte, North Carolina | May 20, 2000 |
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 1,299,360 ballots were mailed to eligible voting members of the Association for the election of twenty-five Directors for three-year terms ending in 2003. A total of 126,075 ballots (9.7%) were cast by eligible members. All ballots received were valid except for a total of 3,826 (3.0%) that were judged invalid for the following reasons:
| Ballots with over 25 votes | 2,072 | Ballots returned non-deliverable | 767 | Ballots received after the April 30, 2000 deadline | 611 | Ballots returned unmarked | 127 | Ballots not properly authenticated | 212 | Other invalid ballots | 37 |
| 1 . | Joe Foss | 99,177 |
| 2. | Barbara L. Cubin | 93,272 |
| 3. | Wayne Anthony Ross | 89,400 |
| 4. | Robert K. Brown | 87,610 |
| 5. | Bill Bauer | 84,195 |
| 6. | Steve Hornady | 83,811 |
| 7. | Jeff Cooper | 83,498 |
| 8. | Don Saba | 81,891 |
| 9. | David O. Boehm | 81,577 |
| 10. | David I. Caplan | 80,133 |
| 11. | Scott O'Grady | 79,995 |
| 12. | D. Cynthia Julien | 77,815 |
| 13. | Manuel Fernandez | 77,119 |
| 14. | Edie P. Reynolds | 76,336 |
| 15. | Irv Benzion | 71,515 |
| 16. | David Keene | 70,948 |
| 17. | Bill Miller | 70,729 |
| 18. | J.D. Williams | 69,994 |
| 19. | Cecil J. Mills | 68,719 |
| 20. | Bruce E. Stern | 68,415 |
| 21. | Grover Norquist | 67,815 |
| 22. | Ronald L. Schmeits | 65,758 |
| 23. | Raymond W. Cahen | 64,335 |
| 24. | Donald M. Causey | 63,247 |
| 25. | Thomas F. Gaines | 63,019 |
The remaining candidates on the ballot are as follows:
| 26. | Robin L. Sharpless | 62,689 |
| 27. | Robert L. Viden | 59,900 |
| 28. | William D. Hober | 59,864 |
| 29. | Rick Stewart | 59,669 |
| 30. | Ken Elliot | 57,658 |
| 31. | Sally Drews Brodbeck | 48,251 |
| 32. | Neal Knox | 44,108 |
| 33. | Glen I. Voorhees, Jr. | 40,995 |
| 34. | Joseph E. Olson | 39,591 |
| 35. | Weldon H. Clark | 38,389 |
| 36. | Thomas L. Seefeldt | 38,059 |
| 37. | Fred Gustafson | 37,618 |
| 38. | David M. Gross | 36,979 |
| 39. | Frank H. Sawberger | 35,510 |
| 40. | William Dominguez | 33,868 |
| 41. | Miles Ugarkovich, Jr. | 32,591 |
| 42. | John H. Trentes | 32,368 |
| 43. | Michael S. Kindberg | 32,254 |
| 44. | Kenneth A. Boyd | 30,172 |
| 45. | Jim Supica | 26,296 |
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 March 31, 2000. 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. Candidates for the election at this Annual Meeting of Members are those candidates who had been nominated previously for the mail election of Directors and who failed to be elected and those write-in candidates who received two hundred and fifty (250) or more write-in votes but were not elected by the mail ballot.
Voting for this additional Director began Friday at 9:00 am in the Membership Verification Room and will close today at 4:00 pm or upon the adjournment of this Annual Meeting of Members, whichever is later. 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 2,429 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. Michael J. Slavonic, Jr. received 631 write-in votes and Louise Mandrell received 627. Both candidates received in excess of the necessary two hundred and fifty (250) write-in votes. In accordance with NRA Bylaws Article VIII, Section 2, these individuals are eligible for inclusion on the ballot for the one-year Director position to be elected at this meeting. Voting for this additional Director began Friday at 9:00 am in the Membership Verification Room and will close today at 4:00 pm or upon the adjournment of this Annual Meeting of Member, whichever is later. The results will be announced this evening at the Members Banquet, and will also be published in the Official Journal along with this Report.
Respectfully submitted, Howard W. Pollock Chairman |
Howard W. Pollock, Chairman
Allan D. Cors
Thomas M. Moncure, Jr.
Edward J. Land, Jr., Secretary
