29 CFR § 452.61 - Elimination contests—local unions.

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title: "29 CFR § 452.61 - Elimination contests—local unions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "452.61"
section_name: "Elimination contests—local unions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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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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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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# 452.61 Elimination contests—local unions.

(a) A procedure in a local under which nominees compete in an elimination process to reduce the number of candidates in the final balloting is also part of the election process and must be conducted by secret ballot.

(b) When such an elimination process is used it would be unreasonable for some nominees, such as those selected by a nominating committee, to be exempt from the process since they would thus be given an unfair advantage over other nominees.