| Abstract: | Presents data on the composition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and a report on the apportionment ballot for representation year 2004. Each year, the apportionment ballot is used to determine how many representatives each division and state or provincial association will have on the Council of Representatives (Council). The system is described in Article V, Sections 5 and 6, of the APA Bylaws. Briefly, all APA fellows, members, and voting associates are sent an apportionment ballot on or before November 1. Voting members indicate the division(s) and/or state or provincial association(s) through which they desire to have their interests represented on Council in the following year by allocating a total of 10 votes to one or more of these groups. Table 1 presents the number of Council seats held by divisions and the number held by state and provincial associations for the period 1972-2004. The results of the 2002 apportionment ballot for Council year 2004 are shown in Table 2. A total of 19,520 ballots were returned, representing 22.8% of the voting membership. This compares with 20.8% who voted the previous year. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
