No candidate from the 2024 Trustee Election exceeded 50% of the vote count as required by Fund statute to secure a position on the Board of Trustees. AFRF will hold a runoff election between the two candidates who received the highest vote counts:
- John Bass (incumbent)
- AJ Padilla
The runoff election will be hosted by the same outside vendor, YesElections and will be conducted by secret ballot. Voting will open on December 2 at 9AM CT and close on December 16 at 5PM CT. All active and retired firefighters are eligible to vote in this runoff election. Each member will be provided with new unique credentials (Election Code and Voting PIN) and may choose to cast their vote electronically or by mail. Each member is eligible for only one runoff vote, regardless of voting method. Paper ballots must be postmarked by the closing date of the runoff election and received by December 23. Election results will be certified at the January Board Meeting, scheduled for January 24, 2025, at which time the elected trustee will also commence their three-year term. Runoff election results will be posted in advance of the meeting.
Voting instructions will be sent from YesElections electronically and/or by mail according to the contact information on file with the Austin Firefighters Retirement Fund. If you do not receive your ballot or require further assistance with voting, please contact the YesElections Help Desk at:
- Help+AFRF@yeselections.com
- (866) 384-9978
UPDATE: If you haven’t received your runoff election ballot, please contact the YesElections Help Desk immediately to obtain your voting credentials. The YesElections Help Desk can be contacted from 9am-5pm EST (8am-4pm CST) using the contact information above. Please note that the election email may have been filtered to your junk/spam folder. We recommend adding help@yeselections.com to your safe senders list.
When you cast your vote, please be sure to verify your selection and confirm your vote on the second page. Votes that have not been confirmed on the second page have not been submitted. If you are unsure if your vote was properly cast, please use your runoff login credentials to check. Votes that have been properly cast will receive a notice that their credentials are no longer valid.
The initial election results and biographies for the two runoff candidates are linked below.
View Election Results
View John Bass' Bio
View AJ Padilla's Bio