California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 3 - Public Employment Relations Board › Chapter 1 - Public Employment Relations Board › Subchapter 6 - Representation Proceedings › Article 2 - Elections › Section 32722 - Ballot

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All elections
					 shall be conducted by secret ballot under the supervision of the
					 Board.
(b) Ballots shall be
					 prepared under the supervision of the Board. The order of voting choices and
					 the wording of each ballot entry shall be determined by the Board absent an
					 approved agreement of the parties.
(c) Except in the case of a runoff election,
					 in which the ballot entries are determined pursuant to Section
					 32736, or an election conducted
					 pursuant to either Article 3 of this Chapter or section
					 32781(c), the
					 ballot entry of "No representation" shall appear on each ballot in a
					 representation election.
(d) At any
					 time prior to issuance of the notice of election (pursuant to section
					 32724(b)), an
					 employee organization may file a request with the regional office to have its
					 name removed from the ballot. The request shall disclaim any interest in
					 representing the employees in the described unit. Service and proof of service
					 of the request pursuant to Section
					 32140 are required.
1.
						Amendment of subsection (c)(d) filed 6-18-80; effective thirtieth day
						thereafter (Register 80, No. 25).
2. Amendment filed 9-20-82;
						effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 82, No. 39).
3. Amendment of subsection (c) and NOTE filed
						6-3-94; operative 7-5-94 (Register 94, No. 22).
4. Amendment of
						subsection (d) and NOTE filed 1-26-95; operative 2-27-95 (Register 95, No.
						4).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed
						2-15-2001 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2001, No. 7).
6. Amendment of NOTE filed
						2-2-2004 as an emergency; operative 2-2-2004 (Register 2004, No. 6). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-1-2004 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-2-2004 order transmitted
						to OAL 5-4-2004 and filed 6-8-2004 (Register 2004, No. 24).
8.
						Amendment of NOTE filed 12-6-2013 as an emergency; operative 12-6-2013 pursuant
						to Government Code section
						110035.5
						(Register 2013, No. 51). This regulatory action is deemed an emergency exempt
						from OAL review and was filed directly by the agency with the Secretary of
						State pursuant to Government Code section
						110035.5.
						A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-4-2014 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
9. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-6-2013 order transmitted
						to OAL 5-29-2014 and filed 7-10-2014 (Register 2014, No. 28).
10.
						Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 5-8-2018 pursuant to
						section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2018, No. 19).
11. Amendment of NOTE filed
						4-18-2023; operative 7-1-2023 (Register 2023, No.
						16).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  3513(h),
						  3524.52(a),
						  3541.3(g)
						  and
						  3563(f),
						  Government Code; and Section
						  99561(f),
						  Public Utilities Code. Reference: Sections
						  3513(h),
						  3520.5(b),
						  3524.52(a),
						  3524.74(a),
						  3524.74(b),
						  3524.74(d),
						  3541.3(c),
						  3541.3(e),
						  3541.3(m),
						  3544.1(a),
						  3544.3,
						  3544.7(a),
						  3546,
						  3563(c),
						  3574(a),
						  3577,
						  3579(e)
						  and
						  3583.5,
						  Government Code; and Sections
						  99561(c),
						  99561(e),
						  99561(k),
						  99561(l),
						  99564,
						  99564.1,
						  99564.2,
						  99564.3,
						  99564.4
						  and
						  99566.1,
						  Public Utilities Code.