ACWA Kicks off Election Process for 2024-’25 President, Vice President, Region Boards by ACWA Staff Mar 1, 2023 Water News ACWA has launched two separate but concurrent election processes for the 2024-’25 term: the Board officers’ election for President and Vice President and the region board elections. As a result of bylaw changes approved by the membership in 2022, the way in which ACWA members elect the President and Vice President has changed. In addition, some of the region election deadlines have changed. Below is also a summary of highlights for both election processes. More details and key dates are available online at www.acwa.com/elections. President and Vice President Election The biggest change to the election process is that voting will no longer take place during conference. Instead, voting will take place electronically July 17 – Sept. 15 and ballots will include all qualified candidates, in addition to the committee’s preferred candidates. All candidates will also be listed on the ACWA website and invited to participate in a town hall style webinar in which members can ask the candidates questions. Voting members will need to choose their voting representative by June 16 and submit their ballots by Sept. 15. The winners of the election will be announced by the end of September. Region Board Elections ACWA’s membership is organized into 10 regions, each of which has a Board. Each region has formed a Nominating Committee to pursue qualified member candidates to run for the region boards. ACWA will distribute an official electronic ballot identifying the recommended slates and any additional qualified candidates for consideration to each member agency on July 17. Member agencies will vote only for the candidates for their region Board. Agencies do not need to designate an official voting representative for the region elections. To learn more about the processes, changes, how to be a candidate and how to vote, visit www.acwa.com/elections.