| Abstract: | Each year, the apportionment ballot is used to determine how many representatives each division and state, provincial, and territorial association will have on the Council of Representatives. The system is described in Article V, Sections 6 and 7, of the American Psychological Association (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, provincial, or territorial 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, provincial, and territorial associations for the period 1980 –2012. The results of the 2010 apportionment ballot for Council year 2012 are shown in Table 2. A total of 12,510 ballots were returned, representing 14.7% of the voting membership. This compares with 16.2% who voted the previous year. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved) |
