{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-1421.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 1421.15","heading":"Secret ballot.","body":"Secret ballot means the expression by ballot, voting machine or otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a choice with respect to any election or vote taken upon any matter, which is cast in such a manner that the person expressing such choice cannot be identified with the choice expressed, except in that instance in which any determinative challenged ballot is opened.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER XIV—FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE IMPASSE DISPUTES PANEL","SUBCHAPTER C—FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY","PART 1421—MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"e7a57312ae7673f98345f3f3b3f3f540050df3aabbb6438d43e1dadf4ac88f05","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-1421.14","next":"us/22-cfr-1421.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}