N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 5016.4 - Election procedure
(a)
Election of delegates shall be held in odd-numbered years no earlier than March
1st and no later than June 1st in accordance with rules adopted by the chief
administrative officer of each territorial unit or his designee.
(b) Each delegate and the corresponding
alternate shall be elected by secret ballot. A vote for the delegate candidate
shall constitute a vote for the alternate candidate. The candidate for delegate
receiving a plurality of the votes cast shall be deemed elected as delegate.
The individual nominated to be the alternate for such delegate candidate shall
be deemed to be elected as alternate. If the territorial unit is entitled to
more than one delegate, the voters shall cast a vote for sufficient persons in
the number needed to represent the territorial unit, and those candidates
receiving the most votes and their corresponding alternates shall be declared
elected.
(c) Each delegate and
alternate must be a member of the system and employed as a teacher in the
territorial unit which he or she represents.
(d) The chief administrative officer or his
designee shall file with the Retirement Board, no later than July 1st on a form
prescribed by the Retirement Board, a certificate containing the names and
addresses of the delegates and the alternates elected to the annual convention,
and such other information as may be required by the Retirement
Board.
(e) The chief administrative
officer or his designee shall furnish each delegate with a copy of said
certificate of election.
(f) If
both the delegate position and its corresponding alternate position became
vacant, a special election shall be held, no later than October 1st, in the
same manner as the regular election to fill the remaining portion of the term
and the chief administrative officer or his designee shall, no later than
October 6th, file with the Retirement Board a certificate of election and shall
furnish the delegate so elected with a copy of said certificate of
election.
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