5 CFR § 2421.15 - Secret ballot.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2421.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 2421.15 - Secret ballot."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2421.15"
section_name: "Secret ballot."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "2421"
part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 431; 5 U.S.C. 7134."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2421"
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# 2421.15 Secret ballot.
*Secret ballot* means the expression by ballot, voting machine or otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a choice with respect to any election or vote taken upon any matter, which is cast in such a manner that the person expressing such choice cannot be identified with the choice expressed, except in that instance in which any determinative challenged ballot is opened.