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[All times are listed in US Eastern Time zone, whether Daylight or Standard]
OCTOBER 19 - NOVEMBER 9: REGISTRATION PERIOD.
List, web, and review editors, as well as officers and councilors, must login to the voter registration page http://www.h-net.org/about/elections/voterreg/ and register to vote. Individuals who register to vote after 9 November are not eligible to vote unless specially cleared by the H-Net Council. Please contact Associate Director Heather Hawley with questions concerning registration.
OCTOBER 19 - NOVEMBER 2: NOMINATIONS OPEN.
Nominations close at 12:01 am on 2 November EST. All nominees are required to announce candidacy, provide a statement to HNET-Staff, and answer queries on-line. Self-nominations are welcome; "seconds" to nominations are not necessary and will be held by the HNET-STAFF editor for delayed posting during the campaign period. A nominee may withdraw at any time. Posting of a nominating statement by a candidate constitutes acceptance of nomination. When nominating someone, please limit your message to a simple statement to that effect.
Endorsements or other expressions of opinion about candidates, aside from the candidate's own position statement, will be held until the campaign season.
NOVEMBER 2, 12:01 a.m. NOMINATIONS CLOSE
NOVEMBER 2 - 10: Campaign Season.
HNET-STAFF will circulate initial candidate position statements when the candidate posts his or her announcement. HNET-STAFF will hold all other campaign messages until the campaign season begins. During this period, candidates answer queries by HNET-STAFF members and general discussion of the issues proceeds.
NOVEMBER 11 - 14 inclusive: VOTE.
Voting begins at 12:01, US EST, November 11. The polls will remain open until 12:01 November 14, US EST. You will need the username and password given to you when you registered to vote in order to access the ballot.
The following offices will be subject to election:
| President Elect | 1-year term | [Incumbent, Jean Stuntz, who becomes President on 1 January 2010.] |
| VP Networks | 2-year term | Incumbent, Matthew Gilmore |
| HNet-Staff Editor | 2-year term | Incumbent, Joseph Ferreira |
| General Council Member | 3-year term | Incumbent, Karsten Borgmann |
| General Council Member | 3-year term | Incumbent, Anna Sheftel |
| General Council Member | 3-year term | Incumbent, David Silbey |
| General Council Member | 2-year term | currently empty seat |
