ARTICLE 68
LOCAL ELECTIVE OFFICE OR POSITION DECLARED VACANT
1		If any elected officer, Legislative Representative or
2	Committeeperson of a local becomes negligent in the performance of
3	his/her duties and responsibilities as a local representative, the local


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4	may, after due deliberation, take action to notify him/her to appear at 
a
5	designated meeting and show cause why his/her office or position
6	should not be declared vacant. The notice must be in writing and will
7	fully specify the complaints he/she will be required to answer. If
8	he/she fails to respond to the notice or if the explanations offered for
9	his/her negligence are unsatisfactory, the local may, by majority vote of
10	the members involved present at the meeting, declare his/her office or
11	position vacant, unless he/she invokes the trial procedure as set forth in
12	Article 74 within fifteen (15) days from the date of the aforementioned
13 	notice.