Blacks In Government National Delegates

Each Chapter shall elect annually chapter members to be delegates to the Delegates Assembly in accordance with the scale provided below.

Each chapter shall determine its number of alternates.

Delegates shall vote on business matters to be decided at the Assembly including the election of National Officers and the National Nominating and Election Committees.

In determining delegate eligibility, only Regular members of chapters in good financial standing with the Regional Council and the National Organization at least sixty (60) days prior to the Assembly shall be counted unless the Chapter being represented is less than sixty (60) days old.

Chapter Membership	Number of Delegates
10-25	2
25-50	4
51-75	6
76-100	8
101-300	16
301-500	32
over 500	40

REGIONS	AUTHORIZED DELEGATGES	REGIONS	AUTHORIZED DELEGATGES
Region I	8	Region VII	20
Region II	38	Region VIII	16
Region III	32	Region IX	56
Region IV	100	Region X	50
Region V	54	Region XI	272
Region VI	46
		Total	692
		Effective date: July 2009

Each delegate shall be entitled to one(1) vote. Only Delegates and Alternates meeting the criteria set forth below shall be eligible to vote.

The Delegates' and Alternates' names must have been entered on the National Membership Register for a period of at least sixty (60) days prior to the Delegates Assembly unless the Chapter being represented is less than sixty (60) days old.
Each Delegate and Alternate must be present to vote at such a meeting. No vote shall be proxy.
A quorum shall be necessary to conduct business. A simple majority of the Delegates or their Alternates certified to vote at such a meeting shall constitute a quorum.