§ 3.70.260. Election procedures.

A.

The board shall conduct a secret ballot election. All ballots must be cast by the eligible employees, at a time and place specified by the board for such election. To the extent feasible, elections among employees who are subject to current bargaining agreements shall be held at least 120 days prior to the expiration of any such bargaining agreement.

B.

All elections under this section will be supervised by the board. One observer from each prospective bargaining representative appearing on the ballot and one representative of the municipality may be present at each polling place.

C.

A ballot in an election under this section must contain:

(1)

The name of each proposed bargaining representative that has been submitted to the board in accordance with these rules, as well as the name of the currently certified bargaining representative, if applicable;

(2)

A place where the choice of "no representative" shall be indicated;

(3)

And must be on a form provided by the board.

(AR No. 97-180, § 1, 8-19-97)