Conduct of elections.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 4

(a) The Board shall supervise any election it orders to be conducted, but may delegate ministerial functions relating to an election to any qualified independent organization; to members of the Board's full-time staff; or to temporary employees hired for this purpose. (b) Appropriate notices setting forth details of the election shall be posted by GAO as directed by the Board. (c) The Board shall, through its agents chosen to conduct the election: (1) Provide the opportunity for all qualified voters to indicate their choices in secrecy; (2) Offer qualified voters the opportunity to vote for any labor organization on the ballot, or to reject all labor organizations; (3) Permit all parties to observe all aspects of the election procedure other than any which would interfere with the secrecy of the ballot; (4) Provide for all parties to challenge the eligibility of any voters, and to impound the ballots of such voters, subject to later determination of eligibility should the number of challenges potentially affect the results; (5) Certify to all parties the results of the election. (d) Upon receiving a report of the results of the election, the Board shall: (1) If necessary rule on the challenges and adjust the results accordingly; (2) Formally announce the results and, where appropriate, designate a labor organization as the exclusive collective bargaining agent, or withdraw such a designation; (3) Order a runoff or an additional election, if the Board deems it appropriate, whe

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 4:§ 28.116