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Lauren Schmidt, Assistant General Counsel NATCA 1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Section 3 – Nomination Acceptances A. As soon as practicable following the close of the nominations period, the NATCA Office of Genera l Counsel will notify each nominee via U.S. mail (and email if there is an email address on file) of his/her nomination. The nomination notice shall include instructions on how to properly accept nomination. B. Nomination acceptances must be received by 5 :00 PM EDT on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 . C. Nomination acceptances must be in writing and delivered by mail, fax, or email, to NATCA Assistant General Counsel Lauren Schmidt at: 1325 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005 (Mail); 202 - 628 - 6767 (Fax ); or lschmidt@natcadc.org . Section 4 – Mail Balloting Procedures A. The names of the candidates shall appear in alphabetical order , by last name, on the ballots. B. Mail ballot packages shall be mailed to members' home mailing addresses via U.S. Mail on Thursday, June 30, 2016. Mail ballot packages shall contain the ballot, a secret ballot envelope, and a postage pre - paid return envelope. C. Ballots must be returned to the designated Post Office Box by 11 :59 PM EDT on Monday, August 15, 2016 . Ballots not returned by the deadline shall not be counted. D. To have his/her ballot counted, a voter must be a member, in good standing, of that bargaining unit as of fifteen (15) days immediately preceding the clo sing of the balloting (that is, as of July 31, 2016). E. Voters are not permitted to sign or otherwise make a distinguishing mark on the ballots. A signed or marked ballot shall be ruled ineligible. Ballots must be placed in the secret ballot envelope an d returned in the postage pre - paid return envelope to be eligible. F. Members shall be entitled to a duplicate ballot, provided that they make a timely request for one by contacting NATCA Assistant General Counsel Lauren Schmidt by 5:00 pm EDT on Wednesd ay, July 20, 2016. In the event that a member casts both an original and a duplicate ballot, only the dup licate ballot shall be counted. Section 5 – Ballot Collection & Tally A. On the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2016, the ballots shall be collected from the designated Post Office Box.