1. No membership certificate shall be issued to corporations, organizations, partnerships or firms. All membership certificates shall be issued in the name of an individual who has paid the required membership fee and only that person, whose name appears upon the membership certificate, of shall be considered a member of the Agricultural Society, and shall have a right to vote at the annual election of Directors of the Society, or hold office.

2. Members of the Agricultural Society must declare their candidacy for the office of Director of the Board of Directors of the society by filing a petition with the Secretary of the Agricultural Society. This petition, signed by ten or more members of the Agricultural Society who are residents of the county or district concerned in which the Agricultural Society is organized, must be filed at least seven days before the annual election of Directors is held. Only regularly nominated candidates who have met the filing requirements will be eligible for election as a Director. The filing requirements for the office of Director and information how these requirements may be fulfilled shall be announced in the annual premium list and twice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county or district concerned. Said newspaper announcements shall be made no earlier than six weeks and no later than two weeks before the annual election of Directors. Blank petitions shall be furnished by the Agricultural Society and shall be obtained from the Secretary of the Society. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Society to post a current list of the membership of the Society in a public place or to make such a list available for inspection upon request of any resident of the county or district concerned.

3. The President shall appoint three judges and two clerks who are members of the Society, but not candidates for election to conduct the election of the Directors and declare the results thereof. Candidates may witness the count either personally or by proxy. Polls must be open not less than four hours between 6:00 A. M. and 9:00 P. M. on the day of election and the time of opening and closing stated in the notice of elections. The judges of elections shall have the membership rolls and verify the rights of all persons to vote before issuing ballots. The clerks of election shall register the names of all persons voting and tally the county, one copy of which register and tally sheet shall be placed on file with the Secretary of the Society, the other copy shall be mailed to the Department of Agriculture of Ohio, within ten days after said election. Poll books and tally sheets shall be supplied by the Department of Agriculture of Ohio. On or before the first Saturday in January following election, a reorganization meeting of the Board shall be held and officers elected. Election of officers shall be by ballot. A majority of the Board of Directors or any group of 25 citizens of legal voting age in a county or district concerned may petition the Department of Agriculture to supervise their annual election of Directors. Said petition shall state the reasons for such request and be signed with the names and addresses of the persons making such request. Said petition must then be filed with the Director of Agriculture to supervise said election. Membership tickets will be on sale at the Secretary’s Office up to 3:00 P. M. on Friday, August 8, 2008,the fair opens.