The results of the 2016 election are official. There were 1,254 votes cast in this year's ACE Election: 20 (1.6%) were mailed in and 1,234 (98.4%) were electronically cast. The voting participation rate shows roughly 29.7% of the eligible votes were cast.
For comparison, in 2014 there were slightly more (1,307) votes cast and 26 (2%) were mailed in and 1,281 (98%) were electronically cast. Voter participation rates were similar at 29.8% in 2014 versus 29.7% this year.
President:
Jerry Willard -– 1,192 votes -- 97.9%
Write-ins -- 26 votes -- 2.1%
Vice-President:
David Lipnicky -- 711 votes -- 57.5%
Robert Ulrich -- 522 votes -- 42.2%
Write-ins -- 4 votes -- 0.3%
Secretary:
Cheri Armstrong -- 711 votes -- 57.9%
Mike Thompson -- 512 votes -- 41.7%
Write-ins -- 6 votes -- 0.4%
Treasurer:
Dr. John Gerard -- 726 votes -- 59.1%
Jeffrey Niemiec -- 498 votes -- 40.6%
Write-ins -- 4 votes -- 0.3%
In the voting for the proposed Bylaw Change: "Shall the proposed change to Article I of the constitution be ratified to allow removal of the word 'WORLDWIDE' from the name of the organization in the Constitution", 1,111 voted "Yes" to approve the measure (89.2%) and 134 voted "No" to not approve the measure (10.8%), so the change was passed.