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Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 189.
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individual members of the Synod, along with lay persons of the congregations of the Synod. Nominations may be received from persons or parties outside the region.
(c) All nominees for a particular regional position must reside within the boundaries of the region for which they are nominated.
(d) All incumbents eligible for reelection shall be considered to be nominees.
(e) The qualifications of each nominee shall be submitted together with the names on forms made available on the Synod’s website.
(f) All suggested names and information for consideration by the Committee for Convention Nominations shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Synod no later than nine months prior to the convention of the Synod.
(g) All nominations received shall be forwarded to the Committee for Convention Nominations, who shall select candidates according to the process outlined in Bylaw 3.12.3.6.
(h) Amendments to the slate of candidates developed by the Committee for Convention Nominations shall follow the process outlined in Bylaw 3.12.3.7.
(i) Voting delegates to the national convention shall elect the members of all elective regional positions following the process outlined in Bylaw 3.12.4.2.
(j) Persons elected to regional positions under this bylaw who subsequently take residence outside of the region for which elected shall not on this account be removed from office in their current term, but shall not be elected or appointed to a new term without residence in the respective region.
Committee for Convention Nominations
3.12.3 The Committee for Convention Nominations is to be regarded as an ad hoc
convention committee, to which limitations on holding multiple offices do not apply.
3.12.3.1 In preparation for an even-numbered regular convention of the Synod (e.g.,
68th in 2023), one -half of the districts shall elect through their regular election procedures at the district convention one member to the Committee for Convention Nominations and an alternate:
Atlantic Nebraska California-Nevada- North Wisconsin Hawaii Northern Illinois Central Illinois Northwest Florida-Georgia Oklahoma Indiana SELC Iowa West South Dakota Minnesota South Southern Missouri Wyoming
3.12.3.2 In preparation for the following , odd-numbered regular convention (e.g.,
69th in 2026), the remaining districts shall elect in the same manner:
Eastern New Jersey English North Dakota
