2020 is an election year for IBA members to vote for the 2021 Council term. This year, there are two officer positions: Vice-President (Eurasia) and Secretary, and three Council positions open. The term for each position is three years, begins on January 10th, 2021 and ends on January 9th, 2024. As articulated in the bylaws, a nominations committee was formed in May 2020 by the IBA President. The Committee submitted their finalized candidate list to the IBA President, Secretary, and Director of Transition on July 10th, 2020. The Chair of the nominations committee was Andreas Zedrosser (Norway). Members included Ximena Velez-Liendo (Bolivia) and Djuro Huber (Croatia).

The member nominations period was open from August 1, 2020 – August 31, 2020. This open nomination period is open to all IBA members with current membership. On July 29th, 2020, an email was sent to all current IBA members announcing the open nomination periods and providing instructions how to nominate. 

Please check back to this page and watch for emails from IBA on election updates beginning mid-September 2020.

This year we will be our third year using the IBA membership system for electronic voting. To access the electronic ballot, your membership needs to be current. Anyone who is a dues-paying or complimentary member of the IBA at the time that election ballots are sent out is eligible to vote in an election. Anyone joining IBA for the first-time or whose memberships has expired for ≥3 years must establish membership ≥3 months (by August 15th, 2020) prior to the distribution of ballots. For detailed information about election process, timeline, and balloting, please review the IBA Bylaws.

Timeline and Deadlines for the 2020 IBA Election