August 2022

Challenge to Tabulation of Election Results: Incumbent POAM Challenged the Decision of MERC’s Elections Officer to Spoil One of the Returned Ballots Because the Return Envelope Was Not Signed; Commission Followed NLRB’s Long Standing Precedent That the Signature Was Necessary so the Ballot Could be Identified as Cast by an Eligible Voting Employee and Found No Reason to Deviate From its Requirement That Return Ballot Envelopes be Signed; Commission Upheld Decision of Elections Officer and Ordered the Ballot Remain Unopened, Therefore, Certifying Petitioner as the Exclusive Bargaining Agent.