(1) No member of the Commission.. who is absent from any proceeding to fill a public office shall be eligible to have his/her name placed in nomination unless either the Chairman(woman) of the Commission or the County Clerk shall have present at such meeting of the Commission a written acceptance of such nomination signed by such member of the Commission.
(2) If a Commission member's name is placed in nomination, the Chairman(woman) of the Commission shall, prior to the first vote, require that member to either accept or decline the nomination. A refusal to either accept or decline shall disqualify that member for nomination.

I'm not sure these two rules were followed. I think there were some nominees who weren't there, but I could be mistaken. I'm pretty certain nobody accepted their nominations as per #2, unless it was hand signals or something like at an auction (oh, wait...).