PTI Election Commission for Overseas Chapters

Ref: PTI IPE2019.20/USA&Canada/Election Schedule/18-08-2019

Subject: USA/Canada Membership Cut-off & Election Schedule

This is to duly notify all USA/Canada overseas members, that in response to the numerous emails received
by OIC, requesting extension in the membership cut off dates, the PTI Overseas Election Commission in
consultation with Office of International Chapters (OIC) is pleased to announce extension to membership
cut off to enable respective members continue their efforts to expand member network.

Membership & Election Dates

The new election dates are hereby as follows;

Membership Cut-Off (USA and CANADA): Monday,

September 30, 2019

Regional Election Date (CANADA): November 5th, 2019

Regional Election Date (USA): November 7th, 2019

National Election: Within 1 week of regional election results

USA Regions
Following regions shall be considered to have their own teams prior to reach the minimum criteria of 100
members:
1. New York
2. New Jersey
3. East Pennsylvania
4. West Pennsylvania
5. District Columbia
6. Virginia
7. Carolina
8. Illinois
9. Missouri
10. Georgia (Atlanta etc.)
11. Florida (Miami, Orlando etc.)
12. Texas (Houston, Dallas etc.)
13. California (LA, SF etc.)
14. Washington (Seattle etc.)
Apart from these regions any region with more than 100 members shall be considered as independent
region.
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Canada Regions
Following regions shall be considered to have their own teams prior to reach the minimum criteria of 100
members:
1. Toronto (GTA)
2. Ottawa (East Ontario)
3. South/West Ontario (Windsor/London and adjacent areas)
4. Montreal (Quebec)
5. Atlantic (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island newfoundland
and Labrador
6. Central (Saskatchewan & Manitoba)
7. Calgary (South Alberta)
8. Edmonton (North Alberta)
9. Vancouver (British Columbia)
Apart from these regions any region with more than 100 members shall be considered as independent
region.
Membership Portal
For registration of members, please refer to the portal → https://overseas.insaf.pk/
Any membership related queries must be directed to PTI International Finance Board
at membership@finance.insaf.pk
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Code of Conduct & Leadership Visits during Election Period

Please refer to the guidance on;

https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/news/pti-organisation-international-chapters-oic-laws-2019

https://www.insaf.pk/public/insafpk/news/pti-overseas-chapters-intra-party-election-guidelines-ipe-2019-
20

https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/notification/overseas-intra-party-elections-leadership-visits

Elections Schedule for USA/Canada and key dates

TASK Canada USA

th th
30 September 30 September
Membership cut-off date 2019 2019

Publication of verified membership list 5th October 2019 7th October 2019

Nomination forms & self-declaration form 10th October 2019 12th October 2019
made available

Deadline for Nominations 15th October 2019 17th October 2019

Announce contesting panel 20th October 2019 23rd October 2019

Deadline for any complaints & queries 28th October 2019 28th October 2019

Announce voting codes for panels 29th October 2019 31st October 2019

Campaign end date 31st October 2019 2nd November 2019

Election Day 5th November 2019 7th November 2019

Results 6th November 2019 8th November 2019

 PTI Election Commission for Overseas Chapters
Election Commission hopes that all regions will endeavor to meet their minimum criteria for them to be
eligible to have an intra-party election. Further guidance on election process will be published in due
course of the process.

For any clarification please contact PTI Election Commission on oic.ec@insaf.pk

Regards,
PTI Overseas Election Commission
oic.ec@insaf.pk

IMPORTANT LINKS
1. Intra Party Elections IPE 2019-20 Guidelines - https://www.insaf.pk/public/insafpk/news/pti-
overseas-chapters-intra-party-election-guidelines-ipe-2019-20
2. BECOMING A MEMBER - https://overseas.insaf.pk/
3. OVERSEAS ELECTIONS BY-LAWS - https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/news/pti-organisation-
international-chapters-oic-laws-2019
4. PTI DISCIPLINARY CODE OF CONDUCT -
https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/sites/default/files/PTI-Code%20of%20Conduct-2018.pdf
5. PTI OVERSEAS SOCIAL MEDIA CODE OF CONDUCT -
https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/sites/default/files/PTI-Overseas-SMT-COC.pdf
6. OVERSEAS INTRA-PARTY ELECTIONS AND LEADERSHIP VISITS -
https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/notification/overseas-intra-party-elections-leadership-visits
7. OVERSEAS NOTIFICATION PORTAL - https://insaf.pk/public/insafpk/notifications/65
8. ELECTIONS PORTAL - http://ptielections.co.uk/