This Fall the USBF will conduct an election to fill 2 seats on its Board of Directors. The seats are for three-year terms commencing January 1, 2024. 

Nominees must be Active USBF members, having paid the 2023 annual active or resident member dues of $50.

If you are interested in being nominated, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Chair of the 2023 Nominating Committee. The USBF Nominating Committee will meet and interview potential Board candidates. The Nominating Committee slate will be posted no later than November 10, 2023.

In addition to those candidates nominated by the nominating committee, candidates may be nominated by petition. Twenty-five or more Active or Resident Members of USBF may nominate an Active or Resident Member for a Board position. To file a petition nominating a candidate, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the name of the candidate and the names and email addresses of the people making the nomination on or before November 21, 2023. If there are no petition candidates, the candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee will either be elected without the need for an election (if there are only two nominees), or will be the entire slate of nominees for the election.

See the election timeline below for when things happen. Download the Election Procedures and Board Member Expectations for more complete information about the election.

ACTION Relation to BMD* Date Week Day
 Nominating Committee reports to
  Elections Committee
 31 Days before BMD  11/10/23  Friday
 Nominations Close  30 Days before BMD  11/11/23  Saturday
 Last Day for Petition Candidates  20 days before BMD  11/21/23  Tuesday
 Eligible Voter List Posted on Web site**  15 days before BMD  11//26/23  Sunday
 Last day to protest voter list**  7 days before BMD  12/4/23  Monday
 Ballot Mailing Date (BMD)**    12/11/23  Monday
 End of voting period**    1/20/24  Saturday
Announce Results    1/14/24  Saturday
 Last Day for protest of election

 10 days after results  announced

 * BMD = Ballot Mailing Date

** Necessary only if more candidates are nominated than there are positions open.