621—15.6(20) Tallying and certification of results.
	15.6(1) Ballots. Ballots shall contain the question, “Do you want [name of certified employee organization] to be retained and recertified and continue to be your exclusive bargaining representative?” followed by the choices “Yes” or “No.”
	15.6(2) Recertifying employee organization. Upon completion of a valid retention and recertification election in which an employee organization received the votes of a majority of employees in the bargaining unit, the agency shall file an order recertifying the employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees in the bargaining unit. This notice shall be filed in suPERB and be available to both the employer and employee representative.
	15.6(3) Decertifying employee organization. Upon completion of a valid retention and recertification election in which a majority of the public employees in the bargaining unit did not vote to retain and recertify the representative, the agency, after the period for filing objections has lapsed, shall immediately file an order decertifying the employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees in the bargaining unit. The public employees shall not be represented by the employee organization except when pursuant to the filing of a subsequent petition for certification of an employee organization as provided in Iowa Code section 20.14 and an election conducted pursuant to such petition.
	15.6(4) Inoperable voting system. The board may extend the period of the election due to inoperable voting systems.
	15.6(5) Alternate voting method. When a voter promptly informs the agency of the voter’s inability to cast a ballot using the designated methods of voting, the agency shall assist the voter in using an alternate method to cast a secret ballot.
[ARC 7011C, IAB 5/3/23, effective 6/7/23]