Editing Veterans Committee (section)

===2007 revisions===
Following the 2007 elections, the makeup of the committee was again changed, and several procedures were also modified:<ref name=2007RuleChange>{{cite web|url=http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070725&content_id=4326&vkey=hof_news |title=Veterans Committee Process Revamped |first=Jack |last=O'Connell |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |date=2007-07-28 |access-date=2007-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208103617/http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070725&content_id=4326&vkey=hof_news |archive-date=2007-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Changes affecting all elections
*The Historical Overview Committee will continue to formulate the players and managers/umpires ballots, but it will now present a players' ballot of only twenty players and a managers/umpires ballot of only ten figures. The executives ballot, consisting of ten individuals, will be formulated by the voting body for that ballot.

;Changes affecting player elections
*The players ballot is now restricted to players whose careers began in 1943 or later.
*Voting for the players ballot is now restricted to Hall of Fame '''''members'''''. Winners of the Frick and Spink Awards are considered "honorees" and are thus ineligible to vote on the main players ballot.
*The list of those eligible for the players ballot will be separately reviewed by a six-member panel of Hall of Famers, which will select five players for the ballot.
*Next, all living Hall of Famers are invited to a meeting at the Hall of Fame during induction weekend. The Hall of Famers who are present at this meeting will narrow the list to a final ballot of 10 players.
*The final players ballot is sent to all living Hall of Famers, who can vote for as many as four individuals.

;Pre-World War II players
*Players whose careers began before 1943 are now considered ''every five years'' by a committee of twelve Hall of Famers, writers, and baseball historians, to be chosen by the Hall of Fame Board. The first election of pre-World War II players was conducted in 2009.

;Changes affecting non-player elections
*The composite ballot will be split into two separate ballots, one for managers and umpires and the other for executives.
*Voting on the managers/umpires and executives ballots will now be conducted for induction in even-numbered years, starting with the class of 2008.
*The voting body for the managers/umpires ballot will be a sixteen-member body of Hall of Famers, executives, and media veterans appointed by the Hall of Fame Board.
*The voting body for the executives ballot will be a separate twelve-member body of Hall of Famers, executives, and media veterans appointed by the Hall of Fame Board.
*Each ballot is presented to the applicable voting board. As is the case for the players' ballot, each voter can choose as many as four individuals.

The threshold for induction remained at 75% of all who voted on the appropriate ballot. In the first election held under the new rules, two managers and three executives were elected in December 2007 as part of the [[2008 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2008 election process]].