29 CFR § 1206.1 - Run-off elections.

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title: "29 CFR § 1206.1 - Run-off elections."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1206.1"
section_name: "Run-off elections."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD"
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part_name: "HANDLING REPRESENTATION DISPUTES UNDER THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT"
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# 1206.1 Run-off elections.

(a) In an election among any craft or class where three or more options (including the option for no representation) receive valid votes, if no option receives a majority of the legal votes cast, or in the event of a tie vote, the Board shall authorize a run-off election.

(b) In the event a run-off election is authorized by the Board, the two options which received the highest number of votes cast in the first election shall be placed on the run-off ballot. No blank line on which voters may write in the name of any organization, individual, or no representation will be provided on the run-off ballot.

(c) Employees who were eligible to vote at the conclusion of the first election shall be eligible to vote in the run-off election except:

(1) Those employees whose employment relationship has terminated; and

(2) Those employees who are no longer employed in the craft or class.

[77 FR 75549, Dec. 21, 2012, as amended at 84 FR 35989, July 26, 2019]