Berkeley Division 2016 Elections Time Line (electronic ballots)*
Early December 2015: Nominating petitions posted on Academic Senate website;
Division Secretary sends CalMessage
January 18, 2016 (Monday): Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 19, 2016 (Tuesday): Instruction begins
February 1, 2016 (Monday): Post Notice of Election on website and Division Secretary
sends CalMessage
February 15, 2016 (Monday): Presidents’ Holiday
February 16, 2016 (Tuesday): Nominating petitions due (10 days of instruction after
Notice of Election posted)
February 23, 2016 (Tuesday): Requests for paper ballots due
March 1, 2016 (Tuesday): Open electronic voting and deliver any requested paper
ballots
March 21-25, 2016: Spring Recess
March 31, 2016 (Thursday): Close electronic and paper ballot voting (30 calendar days
after voting began [14 minimum]; 37 days of instruction after Notice of Election posted
[30 minimum])
April 14, 2016 (Thursday): Open electronic run-off voting (if necessary)
April 21, 2016 (Thursday): Close electronic run-off voting (7 calendar days after
beginning of electronic voting)
May 3, 2016 (Tuesday): Division meeting – Division Secretary to certify election results
at meeting
*Note: some dates (especially for any run-off elections) are subject to change. Please email
questions to the Division Secretary in care of sumei@berkeley.edu.