22 CFR § 1421.15 - Secret ballot.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s1421.15"
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title: "22 CFR § 1421.15 - Secret ballot."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "1421.15"
section_name: "Secret ballot."
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE IMPASSE DISPUTES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "1421"
part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 4107(c)."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 45861, Sept. 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1421"
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# 1421.15 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.