{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-452.116","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 452.116","heading":"Determining validity of ballots.","body":"Generally, a labor organization has a right to establish reasonable rules for determining the validity of ballots cast in an election. However, where the union has no published guides for determining the validity of a voted ballot, it must count any ballot voted in such a way as to indicate fairly the intention of the voter. An entire ballot may not be voided because of a mistake made in voting for one of the offices on the ballot.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER IV—OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER A—LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS","PART 452—GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ELECTION PROVISIONS OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959","Subpart I—Election Procedures; Rights of Members"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"9171d52102e91444c2f8742f116e658a48f6c705a1242ee191e64bf7817aa1c1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-452.115","next":"us/29-cfr-452.117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}