1. Nominees must be a current youth member
2. Nominees must be at least 14 years of age as of December 1 of the previous year.
3. Nominees must have a minimum of one full year of membership at the time of election.
4. Nomination applications must be returned to the AHA office postmarked or electronically submitted on or before June 15.
5. Nomination applications must be accompanied by a current photo of the nominee which includes only the head and shoulders. The photo should be in jpg format; png format acceptable. Please, no small pictures from social media websites.
   
6. All nominees will be required to record a candidate speech that will be presented at the AHYA Convention General Session online. Videos will be due to AHA no later than July 1st.
7. The term of office is one year, beginning July after Youth Nationals of this year.

For election procedures and more information on the AHYA, refer to the AHYA Constitution, Chapter 22 of your AHA Handbook.

As said minor, and as parent and/or guardian of said minor, we declare that said minor is a current AHA member, and agrees to be bound by all the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of the Arabian Horse Association and the Arabian Horse Youth Association as they now exist or may periodically be amended, knowledge of which said minor and parent or guardian now has or will immediately acquire.