The board shall cause ballots to be distributed to each active and retired member of the system in advance of each election, and shall provide for the return of the voted ballots to the board without cost to the member, and shall develop election procedures. The results shall be certified by the Secretary of State. The board may require all persons who perform election duties to certify, under penalty of perjury, that they properly performed those duties.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 724, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1997.)