Golden Valley Electric Association

Special thanks to nominating committee members who volunteered to serve the co-op and selected this year’s candidates.

District 4 Nominating Committee:
Gary Pedretty, chair
Paul Bauer
Kathryn Dodge

District 7 Nominating Committee
Karen Harvey, chair
Heidi DeCoeur
Pamela Samash
Drew Simmons

Solicitation for District 5 & 6 Nominating Committees will begin September 2009 for spring 2010 elections.

Board Directors Elected

Six judges from GVEA’s Member Advisory Committee counted ballots and certified election results for seats on GVEA’s board of directors. Ward Merdes was elected to District 4. In District 7, incumbent director Bill Nordmark was reelected.

Ballots were mailed to all members residing in Districts 4 and 7 on May 8, 2009. Ballot return deadline was 5 p.m. June 9, 2009. A 10% return was required for a quorum by co-op bylaws.

District 4

Ballots mailed: 6,464   Valid ballots returned: 1,105 17%
Candidates: Bill Digan, incumbent 398 votes 36%
Van Lawrence 160 votes 15%
Ward Merdes 547 votes 49%

District 7

Ballots mailed: 1,100   Valid ballots returned: 315 29%
Candidates: Ken Eggleston 38 votes 12%
Marie Monroe 74 votes 24%
Bill Nordmark, incumbent 203 votes 64%

Election Process Handbook

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Interested in the nomination process? Our Board of Director Nomination & Election Process Handbook contains information on the qualifications of directors as well as the processes of being nominated, running by petition and campaigning.