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Representation Elections in Which Objections and/or Determinative Challenges Were Ruled on in Cases Closed, Fiscal Year 1974

printed as Table 11B · source page 231 · nlrb1974_p0231_t0

Total electionsObjections onlyChallenges onlyObjections and challengesTotal objectionsTotal challenges
Total electionsNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
All representation elections9,1126987.73794.21952.18939.85746.3
By type of case
In RC cases8,2316357.73474.21722.18079.85196.3
In RM cases383389.9184.7143.75213.6328.4
In RD cases498255.0142.891.8346.8234.6
By type of election
Consent elections1,301473.7241.9110.8584.5352.7
Stipulated elections6,1334557.42594.21452.46009.84046.6
Expedited elections32618.800618.80
Regional director-directed elections1,59918911.8895.6372.322614.11267.9
Board-directed elections4712.1714.824.336.4919.1

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  1. 1 Number of elections in which objections were ruled on, regardless of number of allegations in each election
  2. 2 Number of elections in which challenges were ruled on, regardless of individual ballots challenged in each election

24 of 51 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 231. 12 columns: stub, "Total elections" (a tall heading spanning both header levels), then five Number/Percent pairs. The stub column has no printed heading. Decimal points: in this scan the decimal point in every Percent value is not resolved, so the cells read as e.g. "7 7", "13 6", "18 8". These are plainly one-decimal percentages (e.g. 698/9,112 = 7.7), so they are transcribed with a decimal point. No other digits were altered. Two doubtful Percent cells, where the glyph I read does not match the value implied by the Number and Total columns: - "Consent elections", Objections only / Percent: reads "3 7" (transcribed 3.7), but 47/1,301 = 3.6. Either a misprint or a 6 that scans like a 7. - "Board-directed elections", Challenges only / Percent: reads "14 8" (transcribed 14.8), but 7/47 = 14.9. Either a misprint or a 9 that scans like an 8. Every other percentage in the table rounds correctly from the printed Number and Total elections, and all column and component sums check out (Objections only + Objections and challenges = Total objections; Challenges only + Objections and challenges = Total challenges; the three case-type rows and the five election-type rows each sum to the "All representation elections" line). Dash rules ("------") printed in place of a percentage for the "Expedited elections" row (Challenges only / Percent, Objections and challenges / Percent, Total challenges / Percent) are transcribed as empty cells; the corresponding Number cells are a printed 0. A stray typographic mark (a small dot) sits in the "Challenges only" heading block just under the word "Challenges"; it is a printing artifact, not a footnote marker, and is not transcribed.

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Source page 231 of NLRB FY1974 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1974, p. 231.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.