CERTIFICATION BY ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS

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1 CERTIFICATION BY ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS Pursuant to a request of SEIU Local 1021, Election Services Solutions designated Maralin Falik, President as the Local 1021 Election Administrator and Saundra Tovin, Vice President as the Election Supervisor for the 2013 Election of SEIU Local ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that the candidates running for office who provided personal addresses received an electronic sample ballot prior to printing. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES THAT 47,000 ballots were printed and 42,932 ballots were mailed to members as provided in a database from SEIU Local 1021 to Election Services Solutions on February 8, 2013 from Handled with Care, Wicks Boulevard, San Leandro, Ca Although invited to be present at the printing and mailing of the ballots, there were no observers or candidates in attendance. Attached hereto and considered part of said certification are the United States Postal Services receipts for the mailing and the certifications of printing by Lithograph Reproductions, Inc., and mailing by Handled with Care. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that in addition to the 42,932 ballots mailed, 59 ballots were distributed as duplicate ballots and 12 names were added to the mailing list after February 8, In addition, 73 ballots were r ed to better addresses provided by the United States Postal System or by the SEIU Local 1021 Membership Department after being returned as undelivered. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that the candidates running for office who provided personal addresses received a weekly activity report and election updates, including the names of the members who requested duplicate ballots (59); whose envelopes were returned undelivered and better addresses were obtained (73); whose envelopes were returned and better addresses were not available (690); and the names of individuals whose names were not on the original mailing list of February 8, 2013 and were added to the list (12). Page 1 of 6

2 ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that all returned envelopes were secured at the designated Post Office Box in Oakland, CA until 9:00 A.M. on March 8, Observers were present at the collection of mail and witnessed the transporting of the ballots, sealed in mailbags and signed by observers, to the tabulation site, the SEIU Local 1021 Myrtle Street office located at 155 Myrtle Street, Oakland, CA Observers, candidates, Local 1021 members and staff present at the tabulation were provided printed final interim results upon completion of the tabulation results. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that Election Services Solutions representatives reviewed all procedures that would be followed at the tabulation and showed all present the remaining ballots (3224). The unused ballots were sealed, with the signatures of observers present on the packages and secured prior to the start of the tabulation. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that 3792 envelopes were returned to P.O. Box by 9:00 A.M. on March 8, 3013 of which 48 envelopes were not included as follows: 1-envelope was empty and not sealed 2-envelopes were not returned in the Business Reply Envelope 1-envelope contained a change of address card only 4-envelopes had removed identification on the reverse side 31-envelopes were substitute ballots which did not affect the outcome of the election (7 were required for the position of Special Districts Industry Chair and only 2 were found to be eligible) 7-envelopes were names added to the list after the initial mailing which did not affect the outcome of the election 2-envelopes were original and substitute ballots from the same member and were challenged. Page 2 of 6

3 ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that two (2) envelopes were hand delivered to the Local 1021 Office at 100 Oak Street, Oakland, CA which were not included as all ballots were required to be sent through the post office. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that printed listings of the 3744 eligible envelopes returned representing the members who were eligible to vote were produced in alphabetical order for review by observers and candidates present. ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that of the 3744 envelopes to be opened, the following 25 envelopes/ballots were not included as follows: 19-ballots were blank 1-ballot was blank (member claimed not being eligible to vote) 2-ballots were over-voted 3- secret ballot envelopes were empty ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS FURTHER CERTIFIES that a total of 3719 valid ballots were cast as to the true and accurate results of the election. PRESIDENT (1) **ROXANNE SANCHEZ 1735 Sin Yee Poon 980 Al Fernandez 539 VICE PRESIDENT OF POLITICS (1) **ALYSABETH ALEXANDER 1879 Michael Bynum 1189 VICE PRESIDENT OF REPRESENTATION (1) **KAREN JOUBERT 1822 Ricardo Lopez 1237 SECRETARY (1) **PAMELA HOLMES-MORTON 1548 Jan Schardt 1475 Page 3 of 6

4 TREASURER (1) **PAUL CAMARILLO 1585 Amos Eaton 1457 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE COMMITTEE CHAIR (1) **DERRICK BOUTTE 1204 Irvin Lazo 974 Gladys Gray 873 RETIREMENT SECURITY COMMITTEE CHAIR (1) **CYNTHIA LANDRY 1776 Mitzi Ramirez 1305 SPECIAL DISTRICTS INDUSTRY CHAIR (1) [Recount Completed] **RHEA DAVIS 193 Saul Almanza 186 SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY AREA REPRESENTATIVE (3) **EVELYN CURIEL (San Francisco and County) 966 **PRISCILLA AGBUNAG (Courts Industry) 857 **DAVID FLEMING (RN Industry) 583 David Turner 369 James Harris Jr. 142 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO INDUSTRY CHAIR (1) **RENATO PENA 363 Blesilda Ocampo 213 Page 4 of 6

5 BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER REGION D (SAN FRANCISCO) (2) **JULIE MEYERS 584 **PAUL LITTLE 506 Julie Rumsey 331 RETIREMENT COUNCIL CHAIR (1) **PETE ALBERT 289 Dolores Gholar 97 VICE PRESIDENT-REGION D (San Francisco) (1) **LARRY BRADSHAW 683 Brenda Barros 495 THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE UNOPPOSED AND ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION **Ramses Teon-Nichols- Vice President of Organizing **Crawford Johnson- Vice President Region A **Tom Popenuck- Vice President Region B **Gary Jimenez- Vice President Region C **Marcus Williams -Vice President Region E **Renita Terry- Cities Industry Chair **Jim Wise- Courts Industry Chair **Valoria Russell-Benson- Health Care Industry Chair **Denis Villanueva-Private Sector/Non-Profit Industry Chair **Patricia Reynolds- Registered Nurses Industry Chair **Karla Faucett- Schools Industry Chair **Gregory Correa- Alameda County Area Representative **Nancy Ghanim- Alameda County Area Representative **Eric Stern- Alameda County Area Representative **Erika Watkins- Contra Costa County Area Representative **Gayle Chadwick- Del Norte County Area Representative ** Andrea Longoria- Mendocino County Area Representative **Gina Castillano- San Joaquin County Area Representative **Akbar Bibb- Solano County Area Representative **Nancy Atwell- Sonoma County Area Representative **Mercedes Riggleman- Sacramento County Area Representative **Richard Greenwood- Region A Budget and Finance Committee Member **Nadeen Roach-Region A Budget and Finance Committee Member Page 5 of 6

6 THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE UNOPPOSED AND ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION (Continued) **Kathryn Cavness-Region B Budget and Finance Committee Member **Tina Diep- Region C Budget and Finance Committee Member **Doug Marr-Region C Budget and Finance Committee Member **Theresa Breakfield- Region E Budget and Finance Committee Member **Peggy La Rossa- Region E Budget and Finance Committee Member THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES DID NOT HAVE A NOMINATED CANDIDATE AND REMAIN VACANT Counties Industry Chair (1) Butte County Area Representative (1) Napa County Area Representative (1) Shasta County Area Representative (1) Yuba County Area Representative (1) Marin County Area Representative (1) Amador County Area Representative (1) Calaveras County Area Representative (1) Region B-Budget and Finance Committee [second opening] (1) DATED: MARCH 11, 2013 NEW YORK, NY ELECTION SERVICES SOLUTIONS BY: MARALIN FALIK, PRESIDENT Page 6 of 6