Petition Process for AdCom Candidacy

Besides the candidates put on the ballot by the Nominating Committee, additional candidates can be added to the ballot by petition. Interested society members can get on the AdCom election slate through a petition process managed by the IEEE Corporate Office. To begin this process, notify the SSCS Executive Office by email (sscs@ieee.org) no later than August 1, 2012 and include a statement verifying the nominee's agreement to be a candidate. Self-petitioning is acceptable. Once a petitioner's eligibility is verified, he/she is posted on the petition site until September 1, when the petition process closes. The Society offers no assistance or email lists to campaign groups for petition candidates; attracting members to the candidates petition is the responsibility of the candidate’s supporters.

about 200 signatures of SSCS members in good standing are needed to qualify for the election slate. This number is defined by IEEE Bylaw I-308.16 as 2% of SSCS voting members as of 31 December, 20011. The signatures will be verified during the petition process (additional signatures above the minimum are recommended to provide a safety factor). Any voting member of the Society may sign such a petition in either of two ways: 1) via a link to the petition site provided on this webpage or 2) with an original signature on a hard copy petition.

There is no official IEEE hard copy petition form for society elections. Each handwritten petition form must include:

• the name of the candidate
• the title of the position the candidate is running for

For each person signing the petition:

• name (printed)
• IEEE member number
• signature

Hard copy petitions must be received by the SSCS Executive office by 31 August to be entered into the IEEE petition system.

If all the signatures on the petition are valid i.e., active members with their dues paid, the additional candidate's name, biography and photo will appear online and the printed ballot.