{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-2421.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 2421.15","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 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER XIV—FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL","SUBCHAPTER C—FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY","PART 2421—MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"e7a57312ae7673f98345f3f3b3f3f540050df3aabbb6438d43e1dadf4ac88f05","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-2421.14","next":"us/5-cfr-2421.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}