{"id":2001,"date":"2022-09-11T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T20:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2022-09-15T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:20:41","slug":"pef-special-elections-filling-mid-term-vacancies-on-executive-board-reg-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-7\/pef-special-elections-filling-mid-term-vacancies-on-executive-board-reg-12\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF special elections filling mid-term vacancies on Executive Board, Reg. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PEFSeptember 15, 2022 —<\/em> Four vacant seats on the PEF Executive Board have been filled and a fifth seat will be filled pending the results of a special election.\u00a0 These were all mid-term vacancies and PEF members filling them will serve the remainder of the unexpired terms that end July 31, 2024.<\/p>\n

Keith Browne fills Seat 105 that represents certain members at the state Department of Environmental Conservation.\u00a0 Robert Doran fills Seat 202 that represents members at the state Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.\u00a0 Indermattie Balkaran fills Seat 375 that represents certain members at the state Office of Mental Health.\u00a0 And Kyle Jacobson fills Seat 485 representing certain members at the state Department of Taxation and Finance.\u00a0 All four of these candidates were automatically seated because they were the only certified candidates for those positions during the Third Quarter Special Elections.<\/p>\n

Two candidates were certified for Seat 245 representing certain members at the state Labor Department and an election was held between Kevin Jones and Michael Marquez.\u00a0 The American Arbitration Association will count ballots in that election September 16.<\/p>\n

No candidates were certified for 12 additional vacant board seats and nominees will again be sought for them in the Fourth Quarter Special Election, along with any new board vacancies and the now vacant post of PEF Region 12 coordinator.\u00a0 Region 12 includes both Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island.<\/p>\n

PEF President Wayne Spence urged PEF members who are eligible to run for the vacant seats to give it serious consideration.\u00a0 \u201cWe are always stronger together.\u00a0 We need voices representing every part of our membership debating our issues, and voting on our actions and policies.\u00a0 Vacant board seats mean that all of those members represented by that seat are going without their rightful chance to participate fully in setting our goals and acting on them.\u00a0 That\u2019s unfair to them and we all suffer for it.\u00a0 So, please, consider stepping forward and run to fill a vacant seat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nominating petitions for the Fourth Quarter elections will become available October 11 at\u00a0www.PEF.org\/Elections<\/a>\u00a0and must be returned to and received by the Special Elections Committee by 5 p.m. November 2.\u00a0 If more than one candidate is certified by the committee for any vacant seat, ballots will be sent to that constituency November 23 and must be returned to AAA by December 15 for counting the next day.<\/p>\n

At this time, the following vacancies will be subject to the Fourth Quarter election process:<\/p>\n