2025 Team USA Athletes Commission Election

Voter registration opens on June 13, 2025.  All eligible voters must submit a voter registration June 13-July 14, 2025. IMPORTANT: Each eligible voting member must have their own unique email address in Sport:80 to receive a ballot.

The names of approved registered voters will be posted on the USA Judo Website by July 15, 2025. 

All voting will be done electronically through a secure third-party vendor. There will be no proxy voting. The nominee who receives the most votes (whether a majority or not) will be elected. Please see the Election Balloting Process Advisory Memo below for further details. 

In the event of a tie, a one-day run-off election among the tied candidates will be held on Monday, July 28, 2025, ending at midnight Pacific Daylight Time. The same ballot process used in the first round will be followed, limited to those candidates who tied. If a run-off election again results in another tie, the election will be settled by a blind draw from amongst the tied candidate names, conducted by the Independent member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

If anyone needs assistance in voting online or accommodations, they should contact Richie Endow at elections@usajudo.us.

Team USA Athletes' Commission Director: The Team USA Athletes' Commission Director will be elected through electronic means provided by a third-party vendor between the dates of July 22-24, 2025, by registered USA Judo Elite Athletes, defined in Section 6.6b of the USA Judo Bylaws as outlined above. Each USA Judo Elite Athlete shall have 1 vote.

VOTER REGISTRATION LINK

The Nominating and Governance Committee will review each nomination. Questions should be directed to Nominating & Governance Committee Chair, Richie Endow, at elections@usajudo.us.

Links to all forms:

• Team USA Athletes' Commission Nominee

The details below supplement the Nominating and Election Procedures on the USA Judo 2025 Election web page.

The election ballot is administered by an independent third-party election administrator. A third party is used to completely separate the USA Judo Staff, Board and Nominating and Governance Committee from the collection and tallying of votes and to ensure that individual voter information is not revealed to anyone but the third-party firm.

Voter Eligibility

All Athlete voters must meet the criteria to elect Athlete directors AND, at the time of voting, be at least 18 years of age.

1. The voter eligibility requirements for each category are published on the USA Judo 2025 Election website and found in the Bylaws, which can be found on the USA Judo Governance website.
2. Ballots will be sent to the email address submitted for each eligible registered voter. To ensure proper receipt of your ballot, please make sure that voter registration is complete by July 14, 2025.
3. Please Note: Only one ballot will be sent to the e-mail address of registered voters.  If multiple members have the same email address listed in their profile, the email will receive only one ballot.
4. The final registered voter list will be furnished to the third-party administrator.

Election Balloting

1. Names of all Nominees accepted by the Nominating and Governance Committee per the Bylaws and published 2025 Election Procedures and Timeline will be published on the USA Judo 2025 Election website.

Members of Nominating and Governance Committee

Richie Endow (Chair)

Albert Bordas (Independent)

Bob Harvey

Chris Round (Athlete)

Leo White

Unless otherwise noted, all deadlines are midnight, Pacific Time