(a) The personnel officer shall cause to be placed with the paychecks tendered to all classified employees, other than appointed officials, a notification that nominations for membership on the board will be accepted for a period of 10 days from that date and instructing all interested classified employees to submit nominations to the personnel officer of the sheriff's office within that period. Nominations shall be limited to persons who are classified employees of the sheriff's office.
(b) The personnel officer shall compile a list of the nominations and cause ballots to be prepared for inclusion with the next paychecks tendered to all classified employees, other than appointed officials, and shall instruct all classified employees of their right to vote for two names and only two names contained on the list of nominees.
(c) The employees shall be instructed to tender their ballots in sealed envelopes to their supervisors within five days for submission to the personnel officer who shall make appropriate arrangements for their retrieval and tabulation in the presence of at least two members of the Baldwin County legislative delegation.
(d) In the event that any one employee receives a majority of all votes cast, he or she shall be deemed elected to serve on the board. In the event that no two employees receive at least a 25 percent plurality of all votes, then the names of the four employees receiving the most votes on the initial ballot shall be placed on a run-off ballot and voted upon by the employees as set forth above. The two employees then receiving the most votes shall be deemed elected to membership on the board.
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