Election

Elections for the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan (MCHCP) Board of Trustees will be taking place from Dec. 1-18, 2023.

The following position will be elected:

• One (1) active employee Trustee seat (term ending Dec. 31, 2027); and
• One (1) retiree Trustee seat (term ending Dec. 31, 2027).

Candidate nominations will be accepted at the MCHCP offices (832 Weathered Rock Ct., Jefferson City) starting Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. They will be collected until 4:30 p.m. CT, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Nominations will be accepted in physical paper form and via email, at election@mchcp.org. Candidates may only run for one position on the board. Qualifications for a seat on the Board of Trustees are as follows:

• Candidates must be a subscriber of the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan (MCHCP).
• Current board members are allowed to run again for their seats. There are no term limits on these positions.
• A candidate who is running for a position on the board as an active employee candidate must be employed on the date the nominating packets are due (Monday, Nov. 20, 2023).
• A candidate who is running for a position on the board as a retiree candidate must be retired on the date that the nominating packets are due (Monday, Nov. 20, 2023).
• The following subscribers are not eligible candidates:
  • Current MCHCP employees.
  • Immediate relatives of persons employed by MCHCP. (Immediate relatives include employee's spouse, children of employee or spouse, parents of employee or spouse, brothers and sisters of employee [including brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law], grandchildren [including great-grandchildren] of employee or spouse, grandparents [including great-grandparents] of employee or spouse, and members of the employee's household.)

It will be automatic grounds for disqualification if it is determined that a candidate has knowingly submitted false information during the election process.

Once nominations are collected and the candidates certified, candidate profiles will be available online starting Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.

Voting will be done via an online ballot, which will be available on myMCHCP starting Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. It will close at midnight CT on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Each active or retiree subscriber may vote one time for the candidate they so choose. Voters must be a subscriber of MCHCP as of Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.

Active employee subscribers will vote on active employee candidates.

Retiree subscribers will vote on retiree candidates.

Computers will be available at the MCHCP offices for those who do not have access to the Internet, but still wish to vote, during standard business hours throughout the entirety of the election period.

Results will be posted to www.mchcp.org within 48 hours of election certification. Any questions regarding the voting or nomination process should be directed to election@mchcp.org.