How to Vote

Voting Deadline

The ACS Fall National Elections open on September 15, 2025 and close on October 10, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. CT.

How To Vote

  • Online Voting

    SBS will send an email before the ACS Primary District Elections open from noreply <noreply@directvote.net>. 

    What you will need to vote:

    • Your member account number
    • Your Personal PIN number (this will be provided in the email from <noreply@directvote.net>)

    Lost your account number or PIN?
    Contact Survey & Ballot Systems, Customer Service:

    • Phone: 1-866-909-3549
      Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Time, USA, excluding holidays)
    • Email: support@directvote.net

    • Please safelist Survey & Ballot Systems as an approved email sender to ensure that the email does not get caught in your spam filtering <noreply@directvote.net>. Please check your email folders, including spam folder, before calling SBS.
  • Mail-in Ballot

    Mail-in ballots must be received (NOT postmarked) by October 10, 2025, Noon CT. Please allow time for delivery by the U.S. Postal Service to Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

    The return paper ballot is blue and white and is titled “Official Mail-in Ballot.” The return envelope is white and has the statement “Election Ballot Envelope” with the Survey & Ballot Systems return address in Eden Prairie, MN printed on it.

    The mailing address for ballots is:

    American Chemical Society
    C/O Survey & Ballot Systems
    7653 Anagram Drive
    Eden Prairie, MN 55344-7311

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