Member Feedback Urgently Needed on APA Elections

PROBLEM: The number of APA members voting in APA's 2007 national election reached a new low. Since the 1960s, the percentage of members casting ballots has been declining from a high of 59 percent in 1968 to the low of 28.8 percent in 2007. This decline has been steady and relentless, with a new low record characterizing each decade.

For a number of years now, the chronic decline in the number of APA members voting in our elections has been a major concern to the APA committees involved in the APA elections process (Elections and Tellers). Earlier this year the Board of Trustees directed the Elections Committee to study the problem and return with recommendations for improvement and correction.

The Elections Committee is examining all aspects of the APA elections process. We are asking for your participation in this effort. Please take a minute to provide us with your feedback on what you think will promote active member involvement and increase overall voter participation. Please send your responses to Chanda Brooks, staff liaison to the Elections Committee, by e-mail at [email protected] or by fax at (703) 907-7852.