LCMS President-Elect Announced July 6, 2013 The convention delegates of the 2010 Convention adopted a new process for

the election of the President of the Synod. Over the last several months, this process has been put into place by the Office of the Secretary of Synod. The nomination process for the position of President began last year with the mailing of nominations ballots to all congregations of the Synod around October 1st. All nominations were required to be submitted by February 20, 2013, or 5 months prior to the start of convention, when the ballots, received by an outside auditor, were tallied and delivered to the Secretary of the Synod. The candidates for the office of President were the three ordained ministers who received the highest number of votes in the nominations process and who consented to serve if elected. The three nominees for President of Synod were the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, the Rev. Dr. David P.E. Maier and the Rev. Dr. Herbert C. Mueller. Four weeks prior to the convention, on June 22, the Secretarys Office provided, through Election-America, a secure method and opportunity for two voting delegates from each congregation, to participate in the vote via electronic balloting services provided by ElectionAmerica. The voters in the Presidents election were the congregations delegates in attendance at the 2012 district conventions. The results of the ballot, conducted four weeks prior to the 2013 convention, were tallied and reported to the Secretary of the Synod by Election-America as follows:

Candidate
Matthew C. Harrison David P. E. Maier Herbert C. Mueller, Jr. Total Ballots Total Electorate Percentage Voted

Votes
4,262 1906 264 6,432 8,201 78.43%

Percentage
66.26% 29.63% 4.10%

The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, having received a majority of the votes cast, is declared elected as President-elect of The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod.