The Basics

What is the Doorify MLS Board of Directors election? Doorify MLS’s Board of Directors is elected by its Participant (BIC) subscribers as long as quorum is met. As directors' terms expire, seats go up for election.

Each election cycle opens with a nomination period. During that window, subscribers can nominate themselves or nominate someone else. Being nominated isn't enough to get on the ballot, though — to actually be in the running, a nominee must obtain the endorsement of 10 Doorify MLS Participants.

Directors elected in the 2027 Board Election will take office January 1, 2027 for a three-year term.

Which seats are open in this election? Three Stakeholder Representative seats are open for the 2027 election:

• RRAR Representative
• OCHAR Representative
• DRAR Representative

Are any At-Large seats open this year? No. All three seats up for election this cycle are Stakeholder Representative seats. (At-Large seats are MLS-wide and not association-specific.)

The seats open this year are for: 

• RRAR Representative
• OCHAR Representative
• DRAR Representative

What are the key dates?

Nomination period: August 1st - August 31, 2026 (closes 5 PM EST)

Voting period: October 1st (9 AM EST) - October 15th, 2026 (5 PM EST)

Results of the voting are announced at the beginning of November 2026.

The new Board members take office on January 1st, 2027.

Eligibility

Who can be nominated for a Stakeholder Representative seat? To be eligible for a Stakeholder Representative seat, you must be a primary member of the association that seat represents. For example, only RRAR members are eligible for the RRAR Representative seat. 

Do I have to be a Participant (BIC) to run? No. Nominees are not required to be Participants. Subscribers are welcome to self-nominate or can be nominated by someone else.

Can I nominate someone else? Yes. You can be nominated by someone else or nominate yourself. Either way, the same eligibility and endorsement requirements apply. 

How do I submit a nomination? Visit your subscriber dashboard at my.doorifymls.com. To nominate yourself or someone else, select this tile and fill out the nomination form: 

Can I run for a seat representing an association I'm not a member of? No. Eligibility is tied to membership in the corresponding association.

Endorsements

Do nominees need endorsements? Nominees must be endorsed by 10 active Doorify MLS Participants (BICs) from 10 different firms.

Can I endorse myself? No. Nominees cannot endorse themselves.

Do the 10 endorsements have to come from 10 different Participants? Yes — 10 different active Doorify MLS Participants from different firms.

Do my endorsers have to be members of the same association as the seat I'm seeking? No. They don’t have to be from the same association; they just have to be active Doorify Participants from 10 different firms. 

How do Participants submit an endorsement? Participants who are asked to endorse a nominee will find a tile on their subscriber dashboard at my.doorifymls.com that lets them submit their endorsement. 

They can look for this tile on the dashboard:

Submitting a Nomination

How do I submit a nomination? Complete the nomination form and submit it before August 31st, 2026 at 5:00 PM. All endorsements must also be received by the nomination deadline for the nomination to proceed.

To complete your nomination form, log in to your subscriber dashboard at my.doorifymls.com and select the “Nominate” tile (shown below). This will take you to the nomination form. 

When will the nomination form be available? Beginning August 1, 2026, the first day of the nomination period.

What is the nomination deadline? August 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM. Nominations submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

Will I know if my nomination was received? Nominations are reviewed by staff to verify that the form is complete. You’ll receive a confirmation email from election@doorifymls.com.

Can I withdraw my nomination? Yes. Just email election@doorifymls.com to withdraw your nomination.

After You're Nominated

What happens after the nomination period closes? Nominees will be able to add a candidate bio and statement for voters to see. You’ll be able to add these details by visiting your subscriber dashboard at my.doorifymls.com and selecting this tile: 

Will voters see information about me as a candidate? Yes. If you provide a candidate bio and statement, it will be published on a candidate information page and included in communications sent to voting Participants at the start of the October 1st voting period. During the voting period, candidate bios will be available on the dashboard of voting Participants at my.doorifymls.com – to view them, voters can select this tile: 

When will I find out the results? Candidates will be contacted individually with results by 5:00 PM on October 16, 2026. Results will be announced publicly at the beginning of November.

Voting (For Context)

Who votes in the election? Only Participants receive ballots for Board elections. A voting tile and a dashboard message will appear on eligible Participants' dashboards during the voting period. Participants can look for this tile: 

How is the ballot organized? Because all three open seats are Stakeholder Representative seats, the ballot is divided by seat — a separate section for RRAR, OCHAR, and DRAR nominees. If there is no nominee for a Stakeholder seat, that association’s nominee will be automatically elected to the seat, and no election for that seat will be held.

Can I change my vote? Yes. Participants may recast their ballots as many times as they like before the voting deadline. The last ballot cast before the voting deadline is the one that counts.

Do I have to vote in every section? No. A partial ballot is still counted, and it still counts toward quorum. Likewise, you are not required to cast your entire allotment of votes for a partial vote to count.

Questions

Reach out to election@doorifymls.com with any questions about the nomination process, eligibility, or endorsements.