Members can begin casting their electronic ballots on April 6 for seats on the ASNE board of directors.

E-mail and postcard reminders will be coming your way shortly.

The 12 candidates are:

• Andrew N. Alexander, ombudsmen, The Washington Post.
• Amanda Bennett, executive editor, Bloomberg News, New York.
• Timothy A. Franklin, Louis A. Weil Jr. Endowed Chair, Indiana University School of Journalism.
• Diana Fuentes, editor, Laredo (Texas) Morning Times.
• Anthony Moor, deputy managing editor/Interactive, The Dallas Morning.
• Arnie J. Robbins, editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
• Carlos Sanchez, editor, Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald.
• Rex Smith, editor, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
• Kathy Spurlock, executive editor, The News-Star, Monroe, La.
• Mizell Stewart III, editor, Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press.
• Margaret M. Sullivan, editor, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News.
• Kenneth E. Tingley, editor, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y.

Alexander and Fuentes are incumbents.

The candidates will vie for eight seats on the board of directors — five three-year terms, one two-year term and two one-year terms. Information on each candidate will be available online. Polls close April 24. The winners will be announced shortly thereafter.