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Representation Elections in Which Objections and/or Determinative Challenges Were Ruled On in Cases Closed Fiscal Year 2003
| Type of election/case | Total elections | Objections only | Challenges only | Objections and challenges | Total objections | Total challenges | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of election/case | Total elections | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| All representation elections | 3,085 | 143 | 4.6 | 34 | 1.1 | 9 | 0.3 | 152 | 4.9 | 43 | 1.4 |
| By type of cases: | |||||||||||
| In RC cases | 2,591 | 120 | 4.6 | 30 | 1.2 | 8 | 0.3 | 128 | 4.9 | 38 | 1.5 |
| In RM cases | 60 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 | 1.7 |
| In RD cases | 434 | 21 | 4.8 | 3 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 22 | 5.1 | 4 | 0.9 |
| By type of election: | |||||||||||
| Consent elections | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stipulated elections | 2,568 | 46 | 1.8 | 17 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.1 | 49 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.8 |
| Expedited elections | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Regional Director-directed elections | 511 | 97 | 19.0 | 17 | 3.3 | 6 | 1.2 | 103 | 20.2 | 23 | 4.5 |
| Board-directed elections | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
- 1 Number of elections in which objections were ruled on, regardless of number of allegations in each election.
- 2 Number of elections in which challenges were ruled on, regardless of individual ballots challenged in each election.
23 of 37 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.
Reader’s notes
p. 165. The table has 12 printed columns: the stub, a tall single "Total elections" column, and five two-column (Number/Percent) groups. The stub heading "Type of election/case" and "Total elections" each span both heading levels and are repeated in both. Footnote markers are raised superscripts on the headings "Total objections" (1) and "Total challenges" (2). The image is clean and fully legible; no cells were doubtful and nothing appears cut off by the crop. All printed figures are internally consistent as transcribed (both breakdowns sum to the 3,085 / 143 / 34 / 9 / 152 / 43 totals), so no suspected misprints.
Source image
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.