Designate Voter Now for ACWA’s 2026-’27 Elections by ACWA Staff Mar 4, 2025 ACWA has launched the election process for the 2026-’27 term for President, Vice President, and region board members. This year, the election process for officers and region boards is now combined. Voting for both sets of candidates will be done electronically by each member agency’s designated voter on a single ballot. Agencies can designate their voting representative now by visiting acwa.com/elections and submitting the Authorized Representative and Information Form by the June 20 deadline. ACWA will issue an official call for candidates for President, Vice President and region boards on April 21. All candidates will have until June 20 to submit necessary documents to be eligible. Voting will take place electronically July 21 – Sept. 19 and ballots will include all qualified candidates for President, Vice President and region board members. Voting members will need to submit their ballots by 5 p.m. on Sept. 19. The winners of the election will be announced by the end of September. An Election Committee has been appointed to facilitate the election of the President and Vice President, including confirming that candidates’ eligibility criteria have been met and endorsing preferred candidates. The 11-member committee includes one representative appointed by the current ACWA President and 10 region representatives appointed by each of the region boards. Nominating Committees have also been appointed for each region to pursue qualified member candidates to run for the region boards. The Nominating Committee is appointed by the region chair in concurrence with the region board during odd-numbered years. The Nominating Committee will select a recommended slate for each region. More information is available online at acwa.com/elections.
