§ 505-a. Election of retired teacher member of board. 1. Election of\nretired teacher member. An election shall be held during the month of\nOctober, nineteen hundred ninety-three, and thereafter during the month\nof October immediately preceding the expiration of a term in office as\nprescribed in this section, for the purpose of electing the retired\nteacher member of the retirement board from among the retired members of\nthe retirement system. All retired members of the retirement system who\nare retired as of October first in the year in which such election is\nheld shall be eligible to vote. Such election shall be by secret ballot\nheld in accordance with the provisions of this section and such rules\nand regulations as may be adopted by the retirement board. A retired\nteacher member elected to the retirement board pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section shall serve for a term of three years\ncommencing on the first day of January next following said election.\n 2. Nominations. Nominations of candidates for the position of retired\nteacher member of the retirement board shall be by petition on forms\nprovided pursuant to this subdivision. The retirement board shall\nprepare printed forms for nominating petitions for candidates for the\noffice of retired teacher member of the retirement board. Such forms\nshall be available to retired members of the retirement system not later\nthan July first of a year in which an election is to be held. Each\ncandidate's petition shall be signed by not less than one hundred\nretired members of the retirement system and shall be filed with the\nretirement board not later than August fifteenth in such year. Each such\npetition shall contain the position and term of office, together with\nthe name and address of the candidate, and shall also contain the name\nand address of the retired member of the retirement system who shall be\nthe alternate candidate in the event of a vacancy caused by the death,\ndisability, disqualification or withdrawal of the candidate occurring\nprior to the election. Each petition shall be accompanied by a notarized\nwritten acceptance of the nomination by the candidate named in the\npetition and by a notarized written statement of the retired member\nnamed as alternate candidate that, in the event of the death,\ndisability, disqualification or withdrawal of the candidate prior to the\nelection or in the event of the death, disability, disqualification or\nresignation of the candidate from the position of retired teacher member\nof the retirement board following election, he or she will accept the\nnomination or serve on the retirement board in such a contingency. The\nretirement board shall implement one mailing for each qualified\ncandidate that so requests and makes payment therefor prior to the time\nof mailing by bank or certified check. The board shall establish\nprocedures to merge mailings for more than one qualified candidate in\norder to reduce postage costs and for administrative convenience if each\naffected candidate approves. Nothing in this subdivision or in this\nsection shall be construed to impair existing law preserving the\nconfidentiality of the home addresses of retirees of the retirement\nsystem.\n 3. Election procedures. Such election shall be in the form of a mail\nreferendum with appropriate provisions, such as the use of double\nenvelopes, made to insure that the identity of the individual retired\nmembers will not be disclosed as their marked ballots are submitted and\ncounted. The retirement board shall prepare and mail a ballot and\ninstructions for voting to each eligible retired member by first class\nmail not earlier than October first and not later than October\nfifteenth. The names of candidates and alternate candidates listed on\nthe ballot shall be in the order in which the petitions are filed with\nthe retirement board. The ballots shall be such that they may be machine\ncounted. Such ballots shall be returned to the
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