ATTACHMENT D - Sample of Final Results Report.pdf

This is a Final Results Report for the 2018 Kentucky Employees' Retirement System (KERS) Board Member election, prepared by the election administrator and addressed to the Kentucky Retirement Systems Interim Executive Director. The report certifies the election results in accordance with the Kentucky Retirement Systems' Board of Trustees' Election Policy and Procedures. The election tabulated votes for four named candidates plus write-in candidates, with Example Candidate 1 receiving 7,117 votes, Example Candidate 2 receiving 6,625 votes, Example Candidate 3 receiving 4,129 votes, and Example Candidate 4 receiving 2,911 votes, along with 74 write-in votes, for a total of 20,856 votes cast.

The report documents that 11,310 total ballots were received in the election process. Of these, 10,942 ballots were valid, while 368 ballots were rejected for various reasons: 262 ballots lacked a signature, 14 ballots contained excess votes beyond the permitted two, 31 ballots contained no votes, one ballot had a non-matching signature, and 60 ballots were postmarked after the March 1, 2018 deadline. The report was distributed to the Interim Executive Director, Chair of the Board of Directors, and Director of Internal Audit.