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Explainer: how alumni elect trustees
With a petition candidate on the ballot for the first time in 19 years, there is new interest in the election process.
Michael Marsland
The Corporation Room in Woodbridge Hall, where Yale’s trustees meet. Every year, alumni elect a trustee to a six-year term. View full image
If you’re not sure you could pass a pop quiz on how the alumni elect a trustee to the Yale Board every year, you’re not alone. Only about 12 percent of eligible alumni voted in last year’s election. But this year’s has drawn more than the usual interest from alumni, partly because, for the first time in 19 years, a self-enlisted candidate will be on the ballot. Here’s a quick guide to how it all works.