HPAE AFT 2026 Convention Delegate Election Rules
Click the file to the right to view the HPAE 2026 Local Union Delegate Election Rules, or click on the headings below to expand.
Click the file to the right to view the HPAE 2026 Local Union Delegate Election Rules, or click on the headings below to expand.
a. Current cost:
Mailing Price, per one hundred pieces – $98
Emailing Price, flat rate $75b.
With respect to requests to distribute candidate literature via e-mail, HPAE will make available to all candidates the opportunity to send campaign communications by e-mail to all eligible voters who have provided a personal e-mail address to the Union. E-mail distribution of literature will be by a provider platform selected by HPAE. The e-mail message must identify the candidate and be in rich text format. The message may not include attachments although it may include a website’s URL in rich text format. The subject line will read “HPAE Election Campaign Literature.”
c. All communications sent at the candidate’s request by email or mail must contain the following statement: “This is not an official communication from HPAE and has not been transmitted at HPAE’s expense. HPAE is required by federal law to comply with all reasonable requests by candidates for union office regarding the distribution of campaign literature at the candidate’s expense. The communication has been prepared by the candidate and is not endorsed or reviewed by HPAE.” Email transmissions will also include this sentence: “Email transmissions will not receive any responses.”
d. HPAE may not refuse to process or distribute any candidate’s literature because of content. It may not edit any candidate’s campaign literature.
e. Membership List. Candidates are not entitled to a copy of or to utilize a mailing list for the candidate’s own use. Each candidate shall have the right, on one occasion during the thirty (30) days before the ballot count, to inspect, not copy, a list containing the names and last known addresses of all members of the Union. HPAE shall not discriminate in favor of or against any candidate with respect to the membership list. A request to inspect the membership list shall be made in writing to either HPAE Elections, 110 Kinderkamack Road, Emerson, New Jersey 07630, or by email sent to [email protected].
In a contested race in which incumbent officers have a personal copy of the membership list, the list shall be made available to challengers who may utilize it to contact individual members to campaign. Candidates should be clear that they are a candidate for elected union office and are not contacting individual members on behalf of HPAE or the Local. Candidates must execute a confidentiality agreement prior to receiving the list.
If you have any questions regarding the “Local Union Delegate Election Rules” please contact [email protected].