1 I am continually surprised by how frequently basic democratic processes are undermined in the APA, an organization whose members include political and moral theorists. In the twenty-plus years that I have been a member, I have never been sent an open call for the nomination of our officers. In the Pacific Division, the EC appoints a nominating committee which is instructed to select one candidate for each office without a public call for nominations. This circumvents the requirement of a general ballot vote mandated by the by-laws when there is more than one candidate. The nominating committee's report is then approved at the annual business meeting, which typically only the officers attend because no agenda is circulated in advance to members. In short, the current officers are handpicking their successors. Some divisional officers serve on the National Board, which is the highest policy-making and governance body in the organization.