The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1991-A217 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.21 [Add Sec. 5: Objections to the Election Process] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That Canon III.21 be amended by adding a new section as follows:
Sec. 5 (a). Within ten days after the election of a Bishop, a Bishop Coadjutor or a Suffragan Bishop by a Diocesan Convention, delegates constituting not less than 10% of the number of delegates casting votes on the final ballot may file with the Secretary of the Convention written objections to the election process setting forth in detail all alleged irregularities. Within ten days after receipt thereof, the Secretary of the Convention shall forward copies of the same to the Bishop, the Chancellor and Standing Committee of the Diocese, and to the Presiding Bishop, who shall request the Court of Review of the Province in which the Diocese is located to investigate the complaint. The Court of Review may invite response by the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Standing Committee and any other persons within the electing Diocese. Within thirty days after receipt of the request, the Court of Review shall send a written report of its findings to the Presiding Bishop, a copy of which report the Presiding Bishop, within fifteen days, shall cause to be sent to the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Standing Committee and the Secretary of the Convention of the electing Diocese.
(b). If such election shall have taken place within three months before a meeting of the General Convention, the Report shall be sent with the evidence of election and testimonials as provided in Section 1(a) of this Canon.
(c). If such election shall have taken place more than three months before the meeting of the General Convention, the report of the Court of Review shall be sent to the Standing Committees of the several Dioceses, with the Certificate of the Secretary of the electing Convention relating to consent to consecrate. Likewise, the Presiding Bishop shall include such report in the communication to the Bishops having jurisdiction. The Secretary also shall send a copy of the Report to each of the delegates who filed objection to the election process.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), pp. 785-786. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A217)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon III.21 be amended by adding a new section as follows:
Sec. 5. (a). Within ten days after the election of a Bishop, a Bishop Coadjutor or a Suffragan Bishop by a Diocesan Convention, delegates constituting not less than 10% of the number of delegates casting votes on the final ballot may file with the Secretary of the Convention written objections to the election process setting forth in detail all alleged irregularities. Within ten days after receipt thereof, the Secretary of the Convention shall forward copies of the same to the Bishop, the Chancellor and Standing Committee of the Diocese, and to the Presiding Bishop, who shall request the Court of Review of the Province in which the Diocese is located to investigate the complaint. The Court of Review may invite response by the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Standing Committee and any other persons within the electing Diocese. Within thirty days after receipt of the request, the Court of Review shall send a written report of its findings to the Presiding Bishop, a copy of which report the Presiding Bishop, within fifteen days, shall cause to be sent to the Bishop, the Chancellor, the Standing Committee and the Secretary of the Convention of the electing Diocese.
(b). If such election shall have taken place within three months before a meeting of the General Convention, the Report shall be sent with the evidence of election and testimonials as provided in Section 1(a) of this Canon.
(c). If such election shall have taken place more than three months before the meeting of the General Convention, the report of the Court of Review shall be sent to the Standing Committees of the several Dioceses, with the Certificate of the Secretary of the electing Convention relating to consent to consecrate. Likewise, the Presiding Bishop shall include such report in the communication to the Bishops having jurisdiction. The Secretary also shall send a copy of the Report to each of the delegates who filed objection to the election process.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #108)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #43 on House of Bishops Message #108 on Resolution A217 (Amend Canon III.21 [Objections to Election Process]) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #311)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 479-496. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention amends Canon Title III.21 to establish a procedure for handling alleged irregularities in the episcopal election process. |