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showing of interest by at least 30 percent of the employees in a bargaining <br />unit permitted by this section. <br />(2) Any additional interested employee organization must submit a petition for <br />intervention to the LRA, which must be accompanied by a showing of interest <br />by 30 percent of the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit within ten <br />days of notice from the LRA that a valid request or petition for an election has <br />been filed. <br />(3) A mail -ballot election under this section shall be held within 45 days after <br />written notice to all parties of the determination by the LRA of a valid petition <br />for election in accordance with guidelines established by the LRA which shall <br />include notice to bargaining unit employees and the public. If an employee <br />organization receives a majority of the valid ballots cast by the employees in <br />a permitted bargaining unit, it shall be recognized by the City as the exclusive <br />bargaining agent, unless and until the LRA certifies a different organization <br />or otherwise decertifies the bargaining agent in accordance with rules set <br />forth in this section and procedures developed by the LRA. In an election in <br />which none of the choices on the ballot receives a majority, a runoff election <br />shall be conducted in which the ballot shall provide for a selection between <br />the two choices or parties receiving the highest and second highest number of <br />ballots cast in the election. However, the City or the employee organization <br />may file exceptions with the LRA in accordance with LRA rules/procedures, <br />and the City will not recognize the employee organization pending the <br />resolution of any process specified by the LRA to review and resolve those <br />exceptions. <br />(4) Nothing in this division shall require or permit an election in any bargaining <br />