This is your Order of the Arrow "Unit Elections Guidebook."
This booklet contains all of the information necessary for a successful
unit election. All elections must be conducted by an Election Team lead
by a recently trained OA Member. Unit Elections are to be conducted and
results mailed to Ktemaque Lodge #15, by the Scoutmaster and Election
Team Leader, within one week of the election and no later than April
1st. The BSA ID number of those elected MUST be included in the election results. Results postmarked after April 1st will not allow adequate time to
send needed information to those elected. Adult forms must be mailed by
April 1st. Please mail results to:
Ktemaque Lodge # 15
Unit Election Results
41 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
If you have any questions, please call the Lodge Unit Elections Chairman or Unit Elections Advisor.
Elections can only be held when 50% of the registered
active youth members in the troop are present. All votes count equally.
Any Scout who receives at least one half of the votes cast is elected.
It is strongly recommended that the OA Unit Election video
and the enclosed "Election Ceremony" be used. It is best done by OA
members in full uniform who have memorized their lines. Three OA
members are required to show the election video and perform the
Election Ceremony. In no event should this ceremony be ad-libbed or
conducted in an extemporaneous manner. This circumvents the Unit
Election Process, which explains the purpose of the Order of the Arrow
and the Unit Election procedures.
The OA Unit Election video is on the following link. Select "Electing Members" on the following link.
