New officials vote?

[Terrapins Fan]

In your association, do new officials vote in your election?

If you have an official return after an absence can they vote in your election of officers? If You are absent for 5 years or longer, you have to take the class again as a cadet and we had this situation this year, with 2 of our returning officials.

We had that situation this year in or election, or bylaws clearly state that you had to be a member last year in order to vote this year. But it created such a fire storm that we are looking to re write our by laws and possibly allow 1st year members to vote, though I am not yet convinced that it is a good idea.

I'm looking forward to hearing how you association deals with this.