Part 452 - General Statement Concerning the Election Provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959  


Subpart A - General Considerations
§ 452.1 - Introductory statement.
§ 452.2 - Application of union constitution and bylaws.
§ 452.3 - Interpretations of constitution and bylaws.
§ 452.4 - Investigatory provision - application.
§ 452.5 - Effect of violation on outcome.
§ 452.6 - Delegation of enforcement authority.
Subpart B - Other Provisions of the Act Affecting Title IV
§ 452.7 - Bill of Rights, title I.
§ 452.8 - Trusteeship provisions, title III.
§ 452.9 - Prohibition against certain persons holding office; section 504.
§ 452.10 - Retaliation for exercising rights.
Subpart C - Coverage of Election Provisions
§ 452.11 - Organizations to which election provisions apply.
§ 452.12 - Organizations comprised of government employees.
§ 452.13 - Extraterritorial application.
§ 452.14 - Newly formed or merged labor organizations.
§ 452.15 - Effect of trusteeship.
§ 452.16 - Offices which must be filled by election.
§ 452.17 - Officer.
§ 452.18 - Constitutional officers.
§ 452.19 - Executive functions.
§ 452.20 - Nature of executive functions.
§ 452.21 - Members of executive board.
§ 452.22 - Delegates to a convention.
Subpart D - Frequency and Kinds of Elections
§ 452.23 - Frequency of elections.
§ 452.24 - Terms of office.
§ 452.25 - Vacancies in office.
§ 452.26 - Elections in local labor organizations.
§ 452.27 - National, international organizations, and intermediate bodies.
§ 452.28 - Unopposed candidates.
§ 452.29 - Primary elections.
§ 452.30 - Run-off elections.
§ 452.31 - One candidate for several offices.
Subpart E - Candidacy for Office; Reasonable Qualifications
§ 452.32 - Persons who may be candidates and hold office; secret ballot elections.
§ 452.33 - Persons who may be candidates and hold office; elections at conventions.
§ 452.34 - Application of section 504, LMRDA.
§ 452.35 - Qualifications for candidacy.
§ 452.36 - Reasonableness of qualifications.
§ 452.37 - Types of qualifications.
§ 452.38 - Meeting attendance requirements.
§ 452.39 - Participation in insurance plan.
§ 452.40 - Prior office holding.
§ 452.41 - Working at the trade.
§ 452.42 - Membership in particular branch or segment of the union.
§ 452.43 - Representative categories.
§ 452.44 - Dual unionism.
§ 452.45 - Multiple office holding.
§ 452.46 - Characteristics of candidate.
§ 452.47 - Employer or supervisor members.
§ 452.48 - Employees of union.
§ 452.49 - Other union rules.
§ 452.50 - Disqualification as a result of disciplinary action.
§ 452.51 - Declaration of candidacy.
§ 452.52 - Filing fee.
§ 452.53 - Application of qualifications for office.
§ 452.54 - Retroactive rules.
Subpart F - Nominations for Office
§ 452.55 - Statutory provisions concerning nomination.
§ 452.56 - Notice.
§ 452.57 - Procedures for nomination.
§ 452.58 - Self-nomination.
§ 452.59 - Presence of nominee.
§ 452.60 - Nominations for national, international or intermediate body office.
§ 452.61 - Elimination contests - local unions.
§ 452.62 - Disqualification of candidates; procedural reasons.
§ 452.63 - Nominations at conventions.
§ 452.64 - Write-in votes.
§ 452.65 - Interval between nominations and election.
Subpart G - Campaign Safeguards
§ 452.66 - Statutory provisions.
§ 452.67 - Distribution of campaign literature.
§ 452.68 - Distribution to less than full membership.
§ 452.69 - Expenses of campaign literature.
§ 452.70 - Contents of literature.
§ 452.71 - Inspection of membership lists.
§ 452.72 - Period of inspection.
§ 452.73 - Use of union funds.
§ 452.74 - Expenditures permitted.
§ 452.75 - Union newspapers.
§ 452.76 - Campaigning by union officers.
§ 452.77 - Permissible use of union funds.
§ 452.78 - Expenditures by employers.
§ 452.79 - Opportunity to campaign.
§ 452.80 - Bona fide candidates.
§ 452.81 - Rights in intermediate body elections.
§ 452.82 - Reprisal for exercising rights.
§ 452.83 - Enforcement of campaign safeguards.
Subpart H - Right To Vote
§ 452.84 - General.
§ 452.85 - Reasonable qualifications on right to vote.
§ 452.86 - Vote conditioned on payment of dues.
§ 452.87 - Dues paid by checkoff.
§ 452.88 - Resumption of good standing.
§ 452.89 - Apprentices.
§ 452.90 - Visiting members.
§ 452.91 - Voting by employers, supervisors.
§ 452.92 - Unemployed members.
§ 452.93 - Retired members.
§ 452.94 - Reasonable opportunity to vote.
§ 452.95 - Absentee ballots.
Subpart I - Election Procedures; Rights of Members
§ 452.96 - General.
§ 452.97 - Secret ballot.
§ 452.98 - Outside agencies.
§ 452.99 - Notice of election.
§ 452.100 - Use of union newspaper as notice.
§ 452.101 - Sample ballots as notice.
§ 452.102 - Notice in mail ballot election.
§ 452.103 - Primary elections.
§ 452.104 - Proximity of notice to election.
§ 452.105 - Interference or reprisal.
§ 452.106 - Preservation of records.
§ 452.107 - Observers.
§ 452.108 - Publication of results.
§ 452.109 - Constitution of labor organization.
§ 452.110 - Adequate safeguards.
§ 452.111 - Campaigning in polling places.
§ 452.112 - Form of ballot; slate voting.
§ 452.113 - Sectional balloting.
§ 452.114 - Write-in votes.
§ 452.115 - Distribution of ballots.
§ 452.116 - Determining validity of ballots.
§ 452.117 - Majority of votes not required for election.
§ 452.118 - Local unions agents in international elections.
§ 452.119 - Indirect elections.
§ 452.120 - Officers as delegates.
§ 452.121 - Limitations on national or international officers serving as delegates.
§ 452.122 - Delegates from intermediate bodies; method of election.
§ 452.123 - Elections of intermediate body officers.
§ 452.124 - Delegates from units which are not labor organizations.
§ 452.125 - Delegates from labor organizations under trusteeship.
§ 452.126 - Delegates to conventions which do not elect officers.
§ 452.127 - Proportionate representation.
§ 452.128 - Under-strength representation.
§ 452.129 - Non-discrimination.
§ 452.130 - Expenses of delegates.
§ 452.131 - Casting of ballots; delegate elections.
§ 452.132 - Proxy voting.
§ 452.133 - Election of delegates not members of the labor organization.
§ 452.134 - Preservation of records.
Subpart J - Special Enforcement Provisions
§ 452.135 - Complaints of members.
§ 452.136 - Investigation of complaint by Office of Labor-Management Standards, court action by the Secretary.
Subpart K - Dates and Scope of Application
§ 452.137 - Effective dates.
§ 452.138 - Application of other laws.