By SHERRY HALBROOK
So many seats are being vacated and refilled by special mid-term elections you’re going to need a scorecard to know the players on PEF’s Executive Board.
Three vacant seats have just been filled without the need for voting because only one candidate was certified by the PEF Special Elections Committee for each seat. These new board members are: Linda Sano, Seat 15; Anthony Pace, Seat 45; and John Ruiz, Seat 440.
Balloting is underway to fill two more mid-term board vacancies, and nominees are sought to fill another five.
Votes will be counted September 10 by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) to see whether John Benson or Barry Fishbein will fill Seat 145, and which of three candidates – Maureen Hogle, Nanci Masica or Bonnie Wood – will win Seat 275.
Nominating petitions will become available October 1 for candidates to fill the following new vacancies on the board:
• Seat 25 which represents certain PEF members at the state Department of Correctional Services working at the following facilities – Albion, Elmira, Camp Monterey, Rochester, Groveland, Southport, Orleans, Livingston, and Willard;
• Seat 240 which represents all PEF Region 8 (except Albany County) and Region 9 members working for the state Labor Department and those at the Workers’ Compensation Board;
• Seat 315 which represents certain PEF Region 8 members working for the state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) main Office and/or Capital District Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO).
• Seat 345 which represents certain PEF Region 9 members working for OMRDD main office and those in PEF Division 248 at Taconic DDSO; and
• Seat 420 which represents all PEF members working for the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
Nominating petitions for these seats must be returned to the PEF Special Elections Committee by October 22. If more than one candidate for a seat is certified, a special election will we held, with ballots mailed November 12 and returnable to the AAA by December 4.
