Now if "we" could just get the AMA to recognize that little fact. Saturday, the 16th of July, will be an interesting day. The EC meets and that will be the day that they either place only 3 persons on the ballot for Ex. Vice President, or they either change or suspend the Standing Rules and have all ( I think now 6 individuals competing for that seat) names on the ballot.

That could mean the winner may not have to obtain a large number of the votes.

AMA Bylaws: Section 4. The President, Executive Vice President and Vice
Presidents shall be elected by mail ballot of Leader and Open
members. A plurality vote shall elect.

The Standing Rules, the EC can change, then do something, then change back. The Bylaws cannot be changed exclusively by the EC, unless they wish to get deeply involved in something I very much think they would not care for.

Horrace Cain

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
Thomas Jefferson