Nominations & Elections
For 2023, four seats are open on the Board of the Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund:
Place 1 - Active Police Civil Service
Place 3 - Active General Employees in Group C
Place 5 - Retired Fire (Civil Service only)
Place 7 - Retired General Employees in Groups C and D
2023 Election Dates
Nominations: Wednesday, May 9, through 4 p.m. Friday, June 9.
Elections: Wednesday, July 5, through 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9
Election results will be announced at the August XX meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Roles & Responsibilities - What does being a Board member involve?
Nomination Process
Active and retired members will each have access to an online nominations platform as soon as nominations open on the date listed above. The two groups have slightly different processes.
Active Employees
In order to be nominated for Places 1, 2, 3, or 4, active employees must obtain at least 75 signatures of regular (not temporary) employees from the department/group they wish to represent. Active employees have two options for collecting petition signatures.
Nominees can use the paper method, the online method, or both. Regardless, the number of signatures combined, from the online and paper methods, must be at least 75.
The link to the active member online nomination site and petitions will be available here on May 9. Place 1 Petition Place 3 Petition https://vote.yeselections.com/fwerfanom/
Retirees
In order to be nominated for Places 5, 6, or 7, a retiree must receive at least 25 nominations from retirees from their retiree group. Retirees have two options for collecting petition signatures.
Paper option - The Retirement Fund will mail nomination forms to the retirees in the specific group(s) eligible to vote in the election (Place 6 in even-numbered years, or Places 5 and 7 in odd-numbered years). They fill out the form with the nominee of their choice and return it to the Retirement Fund by the deadline specified by the Fund. A return envelope is included with the nomination form.
The link to the retiree online nomination site and nomination letters will be available here on May 9. Place 5 Place 7
https://vote.yeselections.com/fwerfrnom/
Election Process
All active employees and retirees who are eligible to vote will receive a ballot in the mail from YesElections, a professional election company. Members can vote one of three ways: via phone, mail, or online. Instructions are specified on the ballot, which also includes an Election Code and Voting PIN for each voter (to avoid duplication of votes). All votes must be registered by the date stated on the ballot as specified by the Retirement Fund.
Election results are delivered to the Fund’s Executive Director by YesElections. At the regular monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees will canvass the results of the election and certify the nominees that are elected to the Board.
See our 2022 Nomination FAQs