BallotPoint Advisory Services

Troubled-Election Assistance

You have carefully prepared for an officer election that will comply with the requirements of your constitution, bylaws, and federal law. The election is in progress, and your election committee is following all of the appropriate procedures.

Unexpectedly, something goes wrong that threatens the legitimacy of the election results. The U.S. Department of Labor cannot investigate or recommend a course of action until after the election is completed. By then, it may be too late to salvage the election and avoid the expense of starting over.

If you have ever been in this situation, then you understand the need for unbiased and experienced election investigators. An unbiased expert in the LMRDA can act on your behalf to investigate issues being raised during the course of an election and present you with choices on your best course of action. BallotPoint Advisory Services will investigate and tell you if there is corrective action that will allow you to continue the election without the expense of starting over. You don’t have to wait until it’s too late.

BallotPoint will examine the issues that threaten your election and take the following steps:

Identify all of the issues raised by dissatisfied members.
Interview members who have raised the issues, principal officer(s), the election committee chair, and other parties with relevant information.
Conduct a cursory review of pertinent election records.
Document our investigative findings, and explain how DOL is likely to interpret them.
Explain what steps can be taken to correct the situation.
Explain the risks of continuing the election with remedial action versus starting over.

We will tell you if we think the election can be salvaged and survive a potential DOL investigation.