Voter Validation Process

• The Code Council has developed an online tool that is a user-friendly way to designate voters.
• Primary representatives can visit our website at myICC to log in and access this form.
• The primary representative completes a short online validation form for each individual who should be validated.
• The Code Council then reviews the information and will either validate the individual to serve as a GMVR, or contact the primary representative for further information.

Every governmental member that intends to have GMVRs validated in time to vote in the current code development cycle and Annual Business Meeting must use this online tool to designate the member's voting representatives.

Governmental Members and GMVRs are defined in Article II of the ICC Bylaws.  The Bylaws also contain a table showing the number of GMVRs available to each Governmental Member according to population. Council Policy 28 also provides details about voting privileges.

The voting opportunities that will occur during this year’s code development cycle for properly validated GMVRs include:

• In-person voting at the Public Comment Hearing, and;
• The online voting for the Governmental Consensus Vote that follows the Public Comment Hearing (via cdpACCESS).

New or revised applications for voting representatives must be submitted 30 days prior to a voting event (committee action hearings, public comment hearings, or Annual Business Meeting) in order to be eligible to vote at that event. Governmental Member primary representatives must validate their voting representatives' by September 21, 2024 in order to fully participate in the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. View the 2024–2026 deadlines.

No. Only one online validation form must be completed each code cycle, unless there are updates or changes to be made.

Applications for Governmental Membership must be received by the ICC at least 30 days prior to the Committee Action Hearing in order for its designated representatives to be eligible to vote at the Public Comment Hearing or Online Governmental Consensus Vote. View the 2024–2026 deadlines.

If your Governmental Membership is already active, just make sure it remains so. You may want to consider a multi-year Membership to help ensure your Membership stay active throughout the code cycle.

Contact Member Services via members@iccsafe.org for more information about member benefits.

Only primary representatives have access to the electronic voter validation tool in order to ensure that the primary representatives have the sole responsibility for the information provided.

Only Primary Representatives have access to the new system in order to ensure that the Primary Representative has the sole responsibility for the information provided.

Primary representatives may click here and choose “Electronic Voter Validation” next to the primary contact name. This link will take you to the Code Council Voter Validation page where you simply follow the prompts.

• Yes, one online validation form must be completed per code cycle, subject to the deadlines referenced above. “Code cycle” refers to the three-year cycle that prepares for each new edition of the International Codes.
• The process is simple: If there are no changes to a GMVR’s status, the Primary Representative may simply confirm all information remains the same and recertify that individual. If changes to a GMVR, or to an existing GMVR’s job title or job description, the Primary Representative must edit the information previously submitted, in which case ICC will review the information and either validate the individual to vote or contact the Primary Representative for further information.