Term of Office: 3 Years
Officers to Be Elected
In each of the Chapters voters will elect the Chapter Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, four (4) Officers-at-Large, Delegates to the Delegate Assembly (in addition to the Chapter Chairperson, who shall automatically be the initial Delegate to the Delegate Assembly) and Alternates to the Delegate Assembly.
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY: Candidates must submit a signed declaration of candidacy no later than January 9, 2026. The declaration must specify the office(s) being sought, the candidate’s name, college, and department, and, if the candidate intends to run as part of a slate or caucus, the name of the slate or caucus. Candidate declarations as part of a slate should be submitted through the slate or caucus designee. A sample declaration form is available on the PSC website at https://psc-cuny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PSC-Candidate-Declaration-Form-Chapter-Elections.pdf and should be submitted to [email protected] or mailed to the PSC Office to Attn.: PSC Elections Committee, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
ELIGIBILITY FOR HOLDING OFFICE: Members shall be permitted to hold chapter-level office who have been members in good standing of the appropriate chapter for at least one (1) year prior to the close of nominations on March 9, 2026.
VOTING ELIGIBILITY: Members who have been members in good standing of the appropriate chapter for at least four (4) months prior to the mailing of the ballots on April 6, 2026 (i.e., they must have been a member as of December 6, 2025) shall be permitted to participate in the nomination process and to vote.
NOMINATING PROCEDURES: Nominations of an individual or of a slate must be by official nominating petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) members in good standing of the chapter, or by at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the members in good standing of the chapter, whichever is less. For chapter elections, members may only sign nominating petitions of the chapter to which they belong.
SLATE REGULATIONS: A slate of candidates will be recognized if it consists of candidates for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the officers to be elected, and if the slate submits, prior to the close of nominations: (1) a listing of caucus officers, all of whom must be members in good standing, including the person designated to authorize nominees for that caucus’ slate and (2) a nominating petition including the printed name, signature, department and college of each petitioner, and the signature for each candidate running on the slate. A candidate’s signature on a Declaration of Candidacy form submitted by a slate or caucus shall constitute that candidate’s acceptance of the slate designation.
BALLOTING: All voting must be by official PSC ballot. Write-in votes are permitted. A write-in vote shall be valid if the intent of the voter is clear; written, printed and typed names are acceptable. A write-in candidate must meet the same eligibility requirements as a regular candidate. In chapter elections, any nominated or write-in candidate must receive at least ten (10) votes or ten percent (10%) of the votes cast for that office, whichever is less, in order to be elected. Write-in candidates who are elected must submit a written acceptance of office to the PSC Elections Committee within ten (10) calendar days of notification that their election has been certified.
CAMPAIGNING: All candidates may mail literature at their own expense through the PSC’s mailing house, Century Direct. To request a list, email the membership department at [email protected]. The Request for List and Labels Form will also be posted on the PSC Elections Committee website. The PSC will provide Century Direct with electronic downloads of members’ home addresses after receiving payment of $60.00 from the candidate. PSC must have three (3) working days of advance notice to generate and provide these downloads. Contact Century Direct at (212) 763-0600 or [email protected].
ELECTION TALLY: Each candidate, or a representative of the candidate, is entitled to be present at the final tallying or counting of the ballots. Candidates who are part of a slate may have a slate representative present at the counting of the ballots.
PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Advisory Council
At each of the colleges voters will elect the designated number of members of the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Advisory Council, in accordance with the below schedule, the PSC election rules, and the bylaws of the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund.
ELECTION SCHEDULE:
- FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2026 – Deadline for submitting a signed Candidate Declaration. The form is available online at https://psc-cuny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PSC-Candidate-Declaration-Form-Chapter-Elections.pdf and should be submitted to [email protected]. Forms may also be mailed to the PSC Office at Attn: PSC Elections Committee, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
- FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026 – Pre-printed nominating petitions will be available upon request by emailing [email protected].
- MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2026, 5:00 PM – Deadline for completed nominating petitions to be received at [email protected] or at the PSC Office, Attn: PSC Elections Committee, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, NY, NY 10004.
- MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2026 –Ballots will be mailed and emailed to members’ home addresses.
- MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – Deadline for ballots
- TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – Ballots counted
The complete Election Rules and PSC Constitution may be obtained from the PSC website at psc-cuny.org/about-us/elections-committee/rules/andpsc-cuny.org/about-us/constitution.
Any questions regarding election procedures or materials can be addressed to [email protected]. All mailed correspondence to the PSC Office regarding elections should be addressed to the Attn.: PSC Elections Committee, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, NY, NY 10004.
Published: December 11, 2025
