Section 6-B511. ELECTION PROCEDURES: ELIGIBILITY

 

511.1To be eligible to vote in an election, an employee shall have been employed in the bargaining unit during the payroll period immediately prior to the date on which the Board ordered the election or as otherwise determined by the Board or consented to by the parties and shall still be employed in the bargaining unit on the date of the election. A list of employees eligible to vote in the election will be provided to designated election officials within seven (7) days of approval of an election agreement or seven (7) days after the Executive Director has directed an election, whichever occurs first. Where the election will be conducted by mail, the employing agency must provide a copy of the employee list in the form of mailing labels or in a format in which the information can be readily transferred to mailing labels.

 

511.2To be eligible to vote in a runoff election, an employee shall have been eligible to vote in the original election and still be employed in the bargaining unit on the date of the runoff.

 

511.3The Board’s agent or any authorized observer may challenge the eligibility of any voter, and in so doing shall state the reason for the challenge. A voter whose identity has been challenged may establish his or her identity by showing any piece of identification acceptable to the Board’s agent.

 

(a)An individual whose eligibility to vote is in dispute will be given the opportunity to vote a challenged ballot. If the parties and the Board’s agent are unable to resolve the challenged ballot(s) before the tally of ballots, the Board’s agent will impound and preserve the unresolved challenged ballot(s) until the Board or the Executive Director makes a determination regarding the eligibility of the voter.

 

511.4A challenged ballot shall be placed in a “challenged ballot” envelope. The envelope shall be sealed by the Board’s agent and initialed by the observers. The reason for the challenge and the voter’s name shall be marked on the envelope and the envelope shall be placed in the ballot box.

 

511.5The Board’s agent shall attempt to resolve ballot challenges before the ballots are counted.

 

 

authority

Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979, as amended (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-605.02(11) (2014 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 5267 (August 10, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 12688 (September 25, 2015).