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All Local Board members will serve for a two (2) year term. CONVENTION DELEGATES Seventy-nine (79) Convention Delegate positions will be open for election this year. Seats are assigned for each member category as follows: seventy (70) Actor/Performer; two (2) Broadcast – Entertainment; three (3) Broadcast – News/Information; one (1) Dancer; one (1) Recording Artist; one (1) Singer, and one (1) Stunt Performer. Members may obtain a Nominating Petition by making a request for the materials online in the member section of the SAG-AFTRA website beginning Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at sagaftra.org/elections or they may be obtained offline by a request in writing by email to Justin Touretz at nyelections@sagaftra.org. Offline materials will then be sent via email, as requested. Candidates for National Board, Local Officer and Local Board must submit a petition signed by no fewer than twenty-five (25) members in good standing of the local. Candidates for Convention Delegate must submit a petition signed by one (1) member in good standing of the local. Petitions for all offices must be received electronically through the online nominating portal or offline in scanned form by emailing nyelections@sagaftra.org no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 7, 2023. Additional requirements for the submission of nominating materials will be described online or offline in the SAG-AFTRA nominating petition instruction kit. Once the nominating period has closed, which is the established deadline for receipt of election materials, a candidate may not revoke their consent to serve. Questions regarding the 2023 NY Local elections may be emailed to nyelections@sagaftra.org or directed to Justin Touretz at (212) 863-4211. OTHER LOCAL ELECTIONS If you are interested in running for the position of National Board member, Local Officer, Local Board member or Convention Delegate representing your local area, please visit sagaftra.org/elections or contact your Local Executive for complete election eligibility and schedule information. The official notices of nomination and election for locals outside of Los Angeles and New York were mailed to members on May 5, 2023. Election schedule information for all of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA Elections can be found below. 24 SAG-AFTRA | Spring 2023 | sagaftra.org 2023 ELECTION CALENDAR DATES NATIONAL OFFICERS, LOS ANGELES LOCAL AND NEW YORK LOCAL Petition Availability Petition Deadline (P.M.) Voting Eligibility Cut-Off Ballots Mailed Ballots Returned (A.M.) National Officers 6/7/2023 07/07/23 - 5:00 PDT 7/10/2023 8/9/2023 09/08/23 – 6:30 PDT Los Angeles Local 6/7/2023 07/07/23 - 5:00 PDT 7/10/2023 8/9/2023 09/08/23 – 6:30 PDT New York Local 6/7/2023 07/07/23 - 5:00 EDT 7/10/2023 8/9/2023 09/08/23 – 9:30 EDT OTHER LOCALS Petition Availability Petition Deadline (P.M.) Voting Eligibility Cut-Off Ballots Mailed Ballots Returned (A.M.) Arizona-Utah 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 PDT 6/20/2023 7/19/2023 08/18/23 – 9:00 PDT Atlanta 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 EDT 7/3/2023 7/31/2023 08/30/23 – 9:30 EDT Chicago 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/26/2023 7/24/2023 08/23/23 – 8:30 CDT Colorado 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 MDT 7/3/2023 7/31/2023 08/30/23 – 9:00 MDT Dallas-Ft. Worth 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/26/2023 7/24/2023 08/23/23 – 8:00 CDT Hawaii 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 HST 6/21/2023 7/21/2023 08/21/23 – 10:00 HST Houston-Austin 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/26/2023 7/26/2023 08/25/23 – 8:00 CDT Miami 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 EDT 6/21/2023 7/21/2023 08/21/23 – 10:00 EDT Michigan 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 EDT 6/28/2023 7/28/2023 08/28/23 – 9:00 EDT Missouri Valley 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/21/2023 7/21/2023 08/21/23 – 8:00 CDT Nashville 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/20/2023 7/19/2023 08/18/23 – 9:00 CDT Nevada 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 PDT 6/28/2023 7/28/2023 08/28/23 – 9:30 PDT New England 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 EDT 6/20/2023 7/19/2023 08/18/23 – 8:30 EDT New Mexico 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 MDT 6/20/2023 7/19/2023 08/18/23 – 9:00 MDT New Orleans 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/28/2023 7/28/2023 08/28/23 – 9:00 CDT Ohio-Pittsburgh 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 EDT 7/3/2023 7/31/2023 08/30/23 – 9:30 EDT Philadelphia 6/7/2023 7/7/2023 - 5:00 EDT 7/5/2023 8/4/2023 09/05/23 – 9:30 EDT Portland 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 PDT 6/26/2023 7/24/2023 08/23/23 – 9:30 PDT San Diego 6/7/2023 7/7/2023 - 5:00 PDT 7/5/2023 8/4/2023 09/05/23 – 9:30 PDT San Fran-NorCal 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 PDT 6/26/2023 7/26/2023 08/25/23 – 9:00 PDT Seattle 5/24/2023 6/23/2023 - 5:00 PDT 6/28/2023 7/28/2023 08/28/23 – 9:30 PDT Twin Cities 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 CDT 6/26/2023 7/26/2023 08/25/23 – 12:00 CDT Wash.-Mid Atlantic 5/31/2023 6/30/2023 - 5:00 EDT 7/3/2023 7/31/2023 08/30/23 – 9:30 EDT