ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SCHEDULE 3

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3
Section  137 METHOD OF DETERMINING
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES AT ZONE ELECTIONS Absolute majority required for
election
1. A candidate needs an absolute majority of votes to be elected. Candidate
with absolute majority of first preference votes elected 2. A candidate who
receives an absolute majority of first preference votes is elected.
Distribution of preferences
3. (1) If there is no candidate who receives an absolute majority of first
preference votes, the candidate who has received the fewest first preference
votes shall be excluded, and each of that candidate's ballot papers shall be
transferred to the unexcluded candidate for whom the next available preference
is expressed.

(2) If there is then no candidate who has an absolute majority of votes, the
process of excluding the candidate who has the fewest votes, and transferring
that candidate's ballot papers to the unexcluded candidates for whom the next
available preferences are expressed, shall be repeated as often as necessary
until one candidate receives an absolute majority of votes.

(3) A candidate who receives an absolute majority of votes at any stage of the
process described in this clause is elected.

(4) Without limiting the generality of section 138, the rules made by the
Minister under that section may include provisions about:

   (a)  the determination of an absolute majority of votes;

   (b)  the method of choosing between 2 or more candidates, each of whom has
        the same number of votes, in order to work out which candidate to
        exclude; and

   (c)  determining when a ballot paper is exhausted.