[EM] Request for help: complex election

[James Gilmour]

> Combining the two elections is exactly what the Board has 
> decided is necessary.  The question I'm asking is not whether 
> to do this, but how to do it.  
[snip]
> If anyone is willing to have a serious look at my original 
> email, or even tell me where else I can get expert advice on 
> such things, I really would appreciate it.

One possible source of advice would be Electoral Reform Services (contact details at:
http://www.erbs.co.uk/ ).   They provide advice and undertake elections of many different kinds for
a very wide variety of organisations and so may have come across a system similar to that you wish
to implement.
James