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Published Online: 10 August 2017

Board Approves Process for Mediating Election Violations

Mark MoranAuthors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatrics News
Volume 52, Number 16
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2017.8b50
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APA’s Board of Trustees approved the following four recommendations proposed by the Ad Hoc Work Group on Election Violation Issues to resolve allegations of violations of APA’s election guidelines.
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When there is an allegation of a violation of the election guidelines, the Elections Committee will decide whether a violation did in fact occur and its severity.
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If the violation does not immediately disqualify a candidate from the election, the Election Committee will call for a timely telephonic mediation between the opposing candidates with the chair of the Elections Committee serving as a mediator. Each candidate will have the right to ask a fellow APA member to be on the call for moral support and advice.
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If the parties agree upon a remedy, then the Elections Committee will follow that path. If they do not agree upon a remedy, the Elections Committee will determine a remedy giving due consideration to the remedies proposed by the candidates.
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APA should discourage the concept of “leveling the playing field” by suspending the rule or allowing the opposing candidate to also violate the rules.
APA’s election guidelines are posted in a PDF here. ■

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