29 CFR § 452.29 - Primary elections.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s452.29"
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title: "29 CFR § 452.29 - Primary elections."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "452.29"
section_name: "Primary elections."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS"
part_number: "452"
part_name: "GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 452.29 Primary elections.

Where a union holds primary elections or similar procedures for eliminating candidates prior to the final vote in connection with regular elections subject to these provisions, the primary election or other procedure must be conducted in accordance with the same standards required under the Act for the final election.