(a)   Within 5 days of determination that a valid petition has been
submitted, the Board shall notify interested employee organizations of
the pending election petition.
  (b)   An election shall be held in any unit within 90 days after the filing
of a valid petition for election in such unit in accordance with
guidelines established by the Board.
  (c)   (1)   All elections shall be conducted by secret ballot.
    (2)   The Board shall place the following choices on the ballot:
      (i)   the name of the exclusive representative, if any;
      (ii)   the name of the employee organization designated in the petition filed
under § 3-402 of this subtitle with respect to an appropriate
bargaining unit;
      (iii)   the name of each employee organization designated in a petition filed
with the Board, within 15 days of notice of the pending election
petition, that includes the signatures of at least 10% of the
employees in the appropriate bargaining unit; and
      (iv)   a provision for "no exclusive representative".
  (d)   If none of the choices on a ballot receives a majority of the votes
cast in an election, the Board shall conduct a runoff election between
the choices that received the two highest number of votes in the
election.
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