Now that the 2022 election is over, we’re happy to share with you our voter turnout statistics!

For the 2022 Election, we had 11643 total eligible voters. Of those, 4574 voters cast a ballot, which represents 39.3% of the potential voters.

We’re proud to say that our voter turnout is higher than that of last year, which had a turnout of 20.5%.

We also saw an increase in the number of ballots cast, from 2305 to 4574, which represents a 98.4% increase.

Elections is committed to continuing to reach out to our eligible members to encourage them to vote in elections. Whoever is elected to the Board of Directors can have an important influence on the long-term health of the OTW’s projects, and we want our members to have a say in that.

For those who might be interested in the number of votes each candidate received, please note that our election process is designed to elect an equal cohort of Board members in order to allow them to work well together, so we do not release that information. As a general rule, we also won’t disclose which of our unsuccessful candidates received the fewest votes, since we don’t want to discourage them from running again in the future when circumstances and member interest might be different.

Once again, a big thank you to everyone who participated at every stage of the election! We hope to see you at the virtual polls again next year.

The Elections Committee would like to thank all of our candidates for their hard work in this year’s election. With that, we are pleased to present the results of the 2022 Election.

The following candidates (in alphabetical order) have been officially elected to the Board of Directors:

Heather McGuire
Natalia Gruber

As previously advised, the Board of Directors is sorry to announce that director E. Anna Szegedi, elected in 2021, stepped down from her position on the Board prior to the 2022 election. We are grateful for E. Anna Szegedi’s service and thank her for her work and dedication.

To fill the vacant seat, the candidate who placed third in this election, Michelle Schroeder, has been elected to join the Board of Directors and serve the remainder of E. Anna Szegedi’s term (2 years) starting on October 1. This will guarantee that we continue to have a full Board until the next election.

Board turnover will formally begin on October 1. We wish the new members of the Board well with their terms.

With that, the election season comes to a close. Thank you to everyone who got involved by spreading the word, asking the candidates questions, and, of course, voting! We look forward to seeing all of you again next year.

The election has opened!

Every OTW member who joined between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 should have a ballot by now. If you didn’t get one, please check your spam folder first, then contact us via our contact form. Please note that your donation receipt will be dated in US Eastern Time, so if your donation is listed after 19:59 on June 30, 2022 on the receipt, you won’t be eligible to vote. If you are unsure whether your donation was made before the deadline, please contact our Development and Membership Committee by using the contact form on our website and selecting “Is my membership current/Am I eligible to vote?” .

The election will run through August 15, 2022, 23:59 UTC; check this time zone converter to find out what time that will be for you.