Section 14. Date of Elections

     (a) At least 15 days prior to the meeting of the Executive
Committee immediately preceding the fall meeting of the Board of
Governors, the Elections Committee shall meet and publish a proposed
schedule for the upcoming elections which shall set out the specific
dates for the following events: the date the Official Election Notice is to
be published in the Georgia Bar Journal; the date the Nominating
Petition package shall be mailed to Board of Governors Incumbents; the
date the Board of Governors shall nominate candidates for officers of
the State Bar; the deadline for the receipt of nominating petitions for
incumbent Board Members; the deadline for the receipt of nominating
petitions for new Board Memmbers; the deadline for receipt of nominations
of nonresdent members of the Board; the date on which the ballots
are to be mailed; the deadline for ballots to be cast in order to be valid;
and the date the election results shall be reported and made available.
     (b) The Executive Committee shall review and approve, or modify
and approve such schedule as submitted by the Elections Committee.
The schedule, as approved by the Executive Committee, shall then be
submitted to the Board of Governors no later than the fall meeting for
approval.
     (c) Should the Executive Committee determine that the election
schedule must be finalized prior to the fall meeting of the Board of
Governors, or in the event there is no fall meeting of the Board of
Governors, the Executive Committee may give final approval to the
election