Class Officer Elections
UPDATE: 8/7/2025, Andy Howard
TO: CLASS OF ’75
FROM: CLASS OF ’75 ELECTION COMMITTEE
ROY HAWKENS, ANDY HOWARD, STEVE HUBBARD
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON CANDIDATES AND ELECTION PROCESS
On or around August 25, 2025, electronic ballots will be made available to Classmates and widowed spouses of Classmates who have created an account on the “Class of ’75 50thReunion Registration Website.” Voting will be limited to electronic ballots, and in order to vote, you must create an account on the reunion website. Creating an account does not obligate you to pay for or participate in any reunion activities; rather, you are simply creating an account at a site that will enable you to vote and where you also will have the ability, if you choose, to sign up for reunion activities.
We currently have five “Named Candidates” and one “Declared Write-In Candidate.” Biographies of all candidates will accompany the ballots, and you will have the opportunity to cast votes for four weeks. Election results will be announced at our 50-year reunion Class Meeting. The term of office for the newly elected officers will commence immediately after the Class Meeting is adjourned.
The following candidates will be listed on the ballot as “Named Candidates:”
NAMED CANDIDATES
President: Chris Cikanovich
Bill Daley
Vice President: Dave Frost
Treasurer: Dave Duffie
Secretary: Larry Warrenfeltz
The following candidate is running as a “Declared Write-In Candidate:”
DECLARED WRITE-IN CANDIDATE
Vice President: Bill Squires
On behalf of the Class of ’75, the Election Committee expresses its gratitude to the above candidates for their willingness to serve the Class and USNA as Class Officers!
Elaboration from Election Committee (8/6/2025): The “electronic ballot” is a web page on the Reunion Registration web site. Once the registrant has registered on the Reunion Registration web site, he/she will be enabled to click on the “VOTE HERE” button on the Registration page. The voter will be directed to a voting page (the “electronic ballot) on the Registration web site. There, he/she can indicate his/her choice for each office, including a Write-In option. There will be NO Electronic Ballot mailed or emailed to any voter.
NOTE: Additionally, on the Reunion Registration web site, after registering, the registrant can go to a different area of the web site to sign up and pay for events at the reunion.
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Per the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1975, Class Charter and Bylaws (7 May 2020), Article VI, Nomination and Election of Class Officers, we will conduct an election of class officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer) prior to the 50th Reunion. The Executive Board (Class Officers plus the past Class President) will appoint a classmate as Chairman to lead the nomination and election effort. The Chairman has the authority to involve as many other classmates, designated as the Election Committee, that he needs to carry out their responsibilities.
The Election Committee will report the nominees for each office to the President and Secretary at least 60 days prior to the election (about August 24, 2025). Ballots are normally cast by classmates during a four-week period within six months of the Class Meeting (no earlier than about April 24, 2025). We intend to exclusively use electronic balloting through the Registration Site.
We are early in the nomination and election process; however, we want to give classmates who may wish to serve in an elected office a heads up. We will update the class election process through Shipmate, Class Blasts, and this website. The bylaws guiding the elections are on the class website (Class of 1975 Bylaws).
Please contact the Class President, Chris Cikanovich, 443-373-3346, chickc975@gmail.com, if you have any questions.