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Election of Delegates to the 2028 General & Jurisdictional Conferences

Elections · 2026

Reporting and balloting run throughout the session. The conference elects its clergy and lay delegates to the 2028 General Conference and Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Balloting begins Thursday morning with a voting demonstration and continues across the sessions until the delegation is complete; Session Six on Friday evening is a voting session held only if balloting has not yet concluded. The newly elected delegation meets immediately after Saturday's adjournment.

Book of Discipline ¶34, ¶35

Elections — balloting throughout the session.

A central piece of the 2026 session is the election of North Georgia's clergy and lay delegates to the 2028 General Conference and the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Clergy elect clergy delegates; lay members elect lay delegates, in equal number.

  • Balloting opens Thursday with a voting demonstration and Ballot #1, and reporting/balloting continue across every business session.
  • Session Six (Friday, 7:30 pm) is a dedicated voting session, subject to cancellation if voting has already concluded.
  • The newly elected delegation meets immediately following adjournment on Saturday.

Self-nominated lay candidate information appears in the handbook (report 900), and a Lay Candidate Forum is held Thursday morning before the opening session.

Source: 2026 NGC Handbook — Agenda & Bishop's Welcome; ngumc.org Annual Conference 2026 · p. 10

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