{"abstract":"As part of its ongoing efforts to more effectively administer the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) and to further the purposes of the Act, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) proposes to amend its rules and regulations to eliminate the requirement that employers must, as part of the Board's voter list requirement, provide available personal email addresses and available home and personal cellular telephone numbers of all eligible voters. The Board believes, subject to comments, that elimination of this requirement will better balance employee privacy interests against those supporting disclosure of this information. The Board also proposes an amendment providing for absentee mail ballots for employees who are on military leave. The Board believes, subject to comments, that it should seek to accommodate such voters in light of congressional policies facilitating their participation in federal elections and protecting their employment rights. The Board further believes, subject to comments, that a procedure for providing such voters with absentee ballots can be instituted without impeding the expeditious resolution of questions of representation.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD","name":"National Labor Relations Board","id":355,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-labor-relations-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/355","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-labor-relations-board"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2020/07/29/2020-15596.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":102,"title":29}],"citation":"85 FR 45553","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2020-09-28","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments regarding this proposed rule must be received by the Board on or before September 28, 2020. Comments replying to comments submitted during the initial comment period must be received by the Board on or before October 13, 2020. Reply comments should be limited to replying to comments previously filed by other parties. No late comments will be accepted.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"AFT Request for Extension on Voter List NPRM","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0252"},{"title":"Order Denying EOT to Extend Comments for Voter List and Military Ballot NPRM.AFT","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0226"},{"title":"OM 92-2 (002)","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0136"},{"title":"Number of Elections Held Per FY _ National Labor Relations Board","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0135"},{"title":"NLRB Form 652","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0134"},{"title":"GC Hunter memo to Board re OM 92-2 results","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0133"},{"title":"chm-part-ii-jan-2017 (2)","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0132"},{"title":"US Foods unpublished order","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0131"},{"title":"So Hey You Should Stop Using Texts for Two-Factor Authentication _ WIRED","document_id":"NLRB-2020-0004-0127"},{"title":"Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. 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