STRS Election
STRS Election – Please Vote!
STRS ELECTION IN APRIL
Ballots for the STRS Board election will be mailed to homes in early April 2021. There is one contributing member seat on the STRS Board up for election. OEA’s endorsed candidate is Carol Correthers.
We suggest when your ballot arrives, get your phone and vote right away. Members will have three voting options:
  1. Mail: Fill out the enclosed ballot and return it in the postage-paid envelope.
  2. Phone: Call the toll-free number included with your ballot. You will need your PIN number included with your ballot.
  3. Online: Go to the web address included with your ballot. You will need your PIN number included with your ballot.
PRIORITIES
1) A secure pension – STRS needs to continue to work to improve the funding status of the pension plan. This makes the benefits of everyone, active and retired, more secure.
2) Responsible COLA restoration – Retirees want their cost-of-living adjustment. However,
this has to be done responsibly keeping the long-term funding secure. Active employees
should not be asked to work longer, pay more, or receive less to pay for someone else’s COLA.
3) Health care – There is no secure retirement without access to health care coverage. Carol will work to assure that the STRS health care program continues to provide coverage to
future retirees.
KEY MESSAGES
Experience matters – It is important to have experienced and knowledgeable people
looking after our retirement funds. Carol has experience on the STRS Board.
Securing our future – In her time on the Board STRS funding has improved significantly. This makes the pension benefits we count on more secure.
One of us – Carol is a teacher and active in her local Association and with OEA. On the STRS Board she’s worked hard as an advocate for her fellow teachers.
BACKGROUND and EXPERIENCE
Carol Correthers is an intervention specialist in Lorain City Schools.
She has been serving on the STRS Board since 2009. When she came on the Board, STRS was reeling from the Great Recession and the pension plan was in jeopardy.
Prudent decisions have improved the funding level of STRS significantly and made our future pension benefits more secure.
If you do not receive your ballot or misplace it, you will need a new ballot.
Call the STRS Member Services Center toll-free at 1-888-227-7877.

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