Code of Massachusetts Regulations
456 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS
Title 456 CMR 14.00 - Questions of Representation
Section 14.13 - Runoff Elections

(1) The Department may conduct a runoff election when a valid election results in no choice receiving a majority of the valid ballots cast. No runoff election shall be conducted while objections to the election are pending. If all eligible voters cast valid ballots in an election involving two or more employee organizations and 50% voted for one employee organization while 50% voted for another employee organization, the Department shall conduct a runoff election between the two employee organizations which each received 50% of the votes. If all eligible voters cast ballots in a runoff election involving two or more employee organizations, the Department may decline to conduct a second runoff election absent evidence that a further runoff election would be likely to produce a different result than the prior election.

(2) Employees who were eligible to vote in the election shall be eligible to vote in a runoff election unless the Department determines otherwise.

(3) The ballot in a runoff election shall provide for a selection between the choices receiving the largest and second largest number of votes in the prior valid election.