Minnesota Administrative Rules

5505.1000 ELECTION PROCEDURE.

On determining to take a secret ballot of the employees, the commissioner may direct that such election be conducted by a designated agent in such manner as he or she may prescribe. Upon conclusion of such election, the agent conducting the same shall prepare a report containing a tally of the ballots and the result of such election. The employer and each person or organization claiming the right to act as representative of the employees may designate one person as a challenger, who shall be permitted to be present at the place of election during the casting of the ballots and counting thereof by the commissioner or designated agent. Immediately upon the completion of the tallying of the ballots so cast, the person conducting the election shall place all ballots cast and a copy of the tally sheet in an envelope, which shall be immediately sealed, endorsed across the seal by a challenger for each party, if such there be, and retained in the files of the commissioner for a period of not less than 30 days, subject to inspection as hereinafter provided. The parties to the proceedings shall be furnished with a tabulation of the ballots cast in the election and the result thereof.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 179A.04

History:

L 1987 c 186 s 15; 17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008