Election Announcement & Schedule for 2024 Regional Representatives

2024 Elections

The three regions listed below are holding elections for Regional Representatives in 2024. 

Judges may self-nominate or be nominated by other active judges from their region. If you are nominating someone other than yourself, please contact them before nominating to confirm they are willing to serve if elected. You will also need to provide the nominee’s BJCP ID and their email address to complete the form. Both the nominee and the person nominating must be from their respective region and must be active judges.

In order to serve as a Regional Representative, nominees must meet these qualifications: 

• Reside in the region at the time of the election,
• Be an active member status in good standing,
• Ranked National or higher,
• Receive five endorsements from active judges within their region (also submitted through the nomination form). 

Nominate yourself or someone else starting March, 1, 2024 using THIS FORM.

Nominations closed at midnight PST on March 15, 2024. Once the election is live, judges in a region with an active election can read candidate statements and access the online voting booth. 

Questions can be sent to the BJCP Election Committee

2024 BJCP Elections Committee

• Toby Guidy, Chair
• Andrew Melchers
• Johann Renner
• Joshua Jackson
• Andrés Torres

2024 BJCP Regions Hosting Elections

• Midwest
• South
• Mid-Atlantic

The current Reps from each of these regions has shared with the committee their intention to run for re-election. They are:

Midwest – Sandy Cockerham
South – Sal Mortillaro
Mid-Atlantic – Fred Mullner

2024 Elections Timeline

• Nominations Open: 3/1
• Nominations Close: 3/15
• Candidate Statements Due: 3/31
• Election Opens: 4/10
• Election Closes: 4/30

BJCP Regional Elections Cycle

Regional representative elections are conducted in a repeating cycle, in each region, every three years. The election cycle is as follows: 

Find results of the 2023 elections in this post.