| A. The executive director of the board, upon signed |
request of the university, academy or technical community |
| college alleging that one or more university, academy or |
technical community college employees or employee |
| organizations have presented to it a claim to be |
| recognized as the representative of a bargaining unit of |
university, academy or technical community college |
| employees, or upon signed petition of at least 30% of a |
bargaining unit of university, academy or technical |
| community college employees that they desire to be |
| represented by an organization, shall conduct a secret |
| ballot election to determine whether the organization |
| represents a majority of the members of the bargaining |
| unit. Such an election may be conducted at suitable work |
| locations or through the United States mail, and the |
| procedures adopted and employed must ensure that neither |
| the employee organizations or the management |
| representatives involved in the election have access to |
| information that would identify a voter. |