# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 4. Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes

### Subtitle 2. Choice of Bargaining Representative

#### Section 4-210

(a) The Mediation Service shall conduct each consent election by secret ballot.

(b)

  (1) If at least two labor organizations are to be on the ballot for a consent election, a labor organization promptly may ask the Mediation Service to allow its name to be removed from the ballot.

  (2) A decision of the Mediation Service under this subsection is final.

(c) Subject to any limitation that the Mediation Service sets, each party to a consent election may designate one or more observers to represent the party during the consent election.

(d)

  (1) For good cause, a party to a consent election or the Mediation Service may challenge the eligibility of an individual to vote in the consent election.

  (2) The Mediation Service shall impound each challenged ballot.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)