How to add a candidate to an election

Prerequisite: Before adding a candidate to an election, you must first create the election and add offices to the election.

• Navigate to Add Candidate in the Elections module
• In the search screen that appears, enter information to search for your candidate
• Click Find
• In the results list, click on the name of the member to start adding them as a candidate
• On the Candidate panel, select the election from the dropdown list
• Select the Office from the dropdown list
• Click Save.

Important: do not add nominators until you have saved the candidate record.