ANTARES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
BYLAWS
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ARTICLE IV (cont.)
of office or at which a vacancy on the Board exists, the Members shall elect new Directors by secret written ballot as provided in these Bylaws. All positions on the Board shall be filled at the first annual meeting. If an annual meeting is not held, or the Board is not elected thereat, the Board may be elected at any special meeting of the Members held for that purpose. Each Director shall hold office until his successor has been elected or until his death, resignation, removal or judicial adjudication of mental incompetence. The term of office of the three (3) Directors receiving the highest number of votes at the first annual meeting shall be three (3) years and the term of office of the two (2) Directors receiving the next highest number of votes at the first annual meeting shall be two (2) years. At each annual meeting thereafter, new Directors shall be elected to fill vacancies created by the death, resignation, removal, judicial adjudication of mental incompetence or expiration of the terms of past Directors. The term of office of each Director elected to fill a vacancy created by the expiration of the term of office of the respective past Director shall be two (2) years. The term of office of each Director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy created by the resignation, death or removal of his predecessor shall be the balance of the unserved term of his predecessor. Any person serving as a Director may be reelected, and there is no limit on the number of terms which he may serve. Cumulative voting must be used in the election of Directors for any election in which more than two (2) Directors are to be selected, subject only to the following procedural requirements: A Member may cumulate his votes for any candidate for the Board if the candidate's name has been placed in nomination prior to the voting and if such Member, or any other Member, has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of such Member's intention to cumulate votes. If a Member cumulates his votes, such Member may cast a number of votes equal to the Member's share of the voting power as set forth in the Declaration, multiplied by the number of Directors to be elected.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever (i) notice is given for an election of Directors, (ii) upon which date Declarant is either (A) entitled to exercise a Class B vote, or (B) entitled to exercise a majority of the Association's voting power, and (iii) upon such date the Members other than Declarant do not have a sufficient percentage of the Association's voting power to elect at least twenty percent (20%) (though not less than one (1)) of the entire Board through the foregoing cumulative voting procedure, such notice must also provide for the following special election procedure. Election of Directors will be first apportioned to the Members other than Declarant until the aggregate number of Directors elected by Members other than Declarant represents at least twenty percent (20%) (though not less than one (1)) of the entire Board. Any person is an eligible candidate for the special election upon receipt by the Secretary of a Declaration of Candidacy, signed by the candidate, at any time prior to the election. Such election will be by secret written ballot. The person or persons
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