Wis. Admin. Code Employment Relations Commission ERC 70.07 - Elections
(1) NATURE OF BALLOTING; BY WHOM CONDUCTED;
EXTENSION OF TIME TO CONDUCT. All elections shall be conducted by secret ballot
and under the supervision of the commission or impartial agents designated by
the commission. The commission shall determine on a case by case basis whether
the secret balloting shall be conducted on-site or by mail or by other means
determined by the commission to be fair and reliable. The time within which the
commission has directed an election to be conducted may be extended by the
commission.
(2) NOTICE OF ELECTION.
The municipal employer shall post notices to personnel concerning the election
at times, locations, and in a form specified by the commission.
(3) OBSERVERS. Any interested party may be
represented by observers at on-site election locations and at locations at
which vote counts are conducted. Observers shall be selected in accordance with
limitations, if any, established by the commission.
(4) CHALLENGE OF VOTERS. Any party, observer,
or commission agent conducting the election may challenge, for good cause, the
eligibility of any person to vote in the election. The ballots of challenged
voters shall be impounded or otherwise segregated without being opened or
counted.
(5) COUNT AND TALLY OF
BALLOTS. Upon the conclusion of the election, the commission shall furnish a
tally of ballots to the parties.
(6) INCONCLUSIVE ELECTIONS. When more than
one proposed representative appears on the ballot, if a minimum of 51 percent
of the eligible voters favor representation but no single representative
receives the votes of a minimum of 51 percent of the eligible voters, the
commission, on request of any party, may conduct a runoff election as provided
in s. 111.70(4) (d)4, Stats. A request for a runoff election shall be made within 30 days from the
date of the certification of the results of the election.
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