Elections of officers of the Executive Committee shall normally be conducted in the following manner. In consultation with the Executive Committee, the President shall make nominations for all Officer positions as outlined in Article III. The President will make public the list of nominees at the annual business meeting. Any member of the Society, either by voice at the meeting, or by petition addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, may nominate additional persons for any elected office if these persons have given their prior consent. Persons not members of the Society may not hold office. Upon close of nominations, the Secretary-Treasurer will supervise the vote, by voice or a show of hands in case of a single slate, by secret ballot if nominations are contested. The election of officers will be settled by a simple majority of members present and voting at the annual business meeting, and in case of a tie, by the President. The Secretary-Treasurer incumbent at the start of the election will certify the results of the election and cause them to be published on the Society’s website.