Arcane Labor Law Counts the Votes of Non-Voters

Full story: AFLCIO.org

Imagine voting on a ballot initiative and knowing that everyone who didn't show up at the polls still got to vote - because their votes would be counted as "No." That's the process for airline and railway workers when they vote on whether to join a union.

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