Section 3. Offices Filled by Election

  (a) The president-elect, treasurer and secretary shall be elected by mail-out ballot in accordance with Section 7 below, to serve such terms as are provided in these bylaws;

(b) Members and alternate members of the Executive Council representing Congressional Districts and members at large of the Executive Council shall be elected at the regular meeting of the Young Lawyers Division to serve such terms as are specified in these bylaws. Elections of members and alternate members for Post 1 from the Congressional District shall be held in odd-numbered years and elections of members and alternate members for Post 2 from the Congressional District shall be held in even-numbered years.

(c) For the purposes of the election to be held at the annual meeting of the Young Lawyers Division in 1978 only, elections of members and alternate members will be held for Posts 1 and 2 in even-numbered Congressional Districts and for Post 2 in the odd-numbered Congressional District. Election to Post 1 in the even-numbered Congressional Districts shall be for a 1-year term beginning after the annual meeting of The Young Lawyers Division in 1978, thereafter to be elected for 2-year terms as provided for in Article III, Section 5(b). The existing members of the Executive Council elected from the odd-numbered Congressional Districts are designated as holding Post 1.

(d) For the purposes of Article VI, Section 5(a) only, Posts 1 and 2 from even-numbered Congressional Districts and Post 2 from odd-numbered Congressional Districts are deemed to terminate at the annual meeting of the Young Lawyers Division in 1978.

(e) The nonresident member and nonresident alternate member of the Executive Council shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Young Lawyers Division to serve such term as is specified in these Bylaws.