A special AMO membership meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at AMO Headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida on Wednesday, November 18 to elect a Tallying Committee, which will have the responsibility of counting AMO 2026 election ballots with impartial election administrator TrueBallot, Inc.
For the Tallying Committee, a total of seven members of American Maritime Officers in good standing will be needed, as required by the AMO National Constitution – five committee members and two alternates.
All members of the Tallying Committee will need to be available for the special meeting on November 18 and for the full day of the ballot count on December 2, beginning at AMO Headquarters at 9 a.m. that day.
This meeting will be conducted in compliance with Article XI Section 4(a) of the AMO National Constitution, which reads in part: A Tallying Committee consisting of five (5) members and two (2) alternates, in good standing, shall be elected from those in attendance at special meeting called by the National President, or the National Officer officially in charge designated by the National President, at Headquarters on the Wednesday morning in the week preceding the week of Thanksgiving for the express purpose of electing a Tallying Committee. Five (5) members and two (2) alternates shall be elected at Headquarters. No National Officer or candidate for office or position shall be eligible for election to this Committee. The Committee Members shall elect a Chairman and Secretary.