Secret Ballot Watch

The so-called Employee Free Choice Act replaces federally-supervised secret ballot elections with a public sign-up process for forming a union – and the bill’s special interest backers would have you believe that this is no big deal.

But it is. The secret ballot is a practice that’s almost as old as democracy itself. In fact, today it’s used in both political and everyday life. To remind ourselves of just how important the secret ballot is, here’s a list of jobs that are dependent on it:

• The President of the United States

• 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives (including those who support card check)

• 100 members of the U.S. Senate (including those who support card check)

• The governors of the 50 states

• State and local legislators

• School board members in many cities and counties

• College class presidents

• High-school homecoming kings and queens

• Union bosses

If the secret ballot is good enough for your vote for the president on down to homecoming royalty, why not use one to form a union?

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