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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="4-213" title_number="4" title_name="Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Choice of Bargaining Representative">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 5 days after the Mediation Service provides the tally of ballots for a consent election, a party to the consent election may object to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the conduct of the consent election; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>other conduct affecting the result of the consent election.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A party shall object in a timely manner, even if the number of challenged ballots is not sufficient to affect the result of the consent election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An objection under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be in writing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>state concisely each reason for the objection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each party who makes an objection shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submit to the Mediation Service:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>4 copies of the objection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>proof of service under item (2) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>serve immediately a copy of the objection on each other party.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Mediation Service shall investigate each objection submitted in accordance with this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
