---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 452.116"
title: "29"
number: "452.116"
heading: "Determining validity of ballots."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/452.116"
---

# §452.116. Determining validity of ballots.


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.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 401, 402, 73 Stat. 532, 534 (29 U.S.C. 481, 482); Secretary's Order No. 03-2012, 77 FR 69376, November 16, 2012.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 18324, July 9, 1973, unless otherwise noted.