Regulations on Election and Dismissal in Cooperatives Article 3

Election or dismissal in cooperatives shall be implemented in meetings and by way of voting. However, the election or dismissal of member representatives may not be implemented in meetings after a resolution has been reached by the board of directors and a report has been submitted to the regulating authority for recordation. In the case of postal voting or electronic voting, additional regulations shall be provided in the constitution. The regulations for implementing such voting shall cover such matters as election notices, election personnel, voting rules and determination, tallying of votes, election disputes, and election result notifications and announcements. The regulations shall be adopted upon proposal by the board of directors and resolution by the member's congress or the member representative's congress, and shall be enforced after a report has been submitted to the regulating authority for recordation.The attendees of the meeting referred to in the above paragraph shall be more than a half of the total number of the persons who shall be present, and the aforementioned total number means the total number of those who have the qualifications to attend the meeting.If an election meeting held by a cooperative fails because the number of attendees does not meet the legal requirement, it shall be called again within 15 days.For the number of attendees of the election meeting called again in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the election may be done by the actual number of attendees in accordance with the provisions of the constitution; however, the actual number of attendees shall be not less than 1/3 of those who shall be present.