New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY BY-LAW 1995 - REG 34

34 Determination of election result where more than one candidate is to be elected

(1) If at an election more than one candidate is to be elected, the method of counting votes is as provided by this clause.

(2) The returning officer must count the total number of first preference votes given to each candidate.

(3) The candidate who has the fewest votes must then be excluded.

(4) If the number of continuing candidates is then equal to the number to be elected, the returning officer must declare those continuing candidates to be elected. However, if the number of continuing candidates is greater than the number to be elected, each ballot paper allocated to the excluded candidate must be reallocated to the continuing candidate next in order of the elector’s preference.

(5) The returning officer must then carry out a second count.

(6) The candidate who has the fewest votes must then be excluded. If the number of continuing candidates is then equal to the number to be elected, the returning officer must declare those continuing candidates to be elected. However, if the number of continuing candidates is still greater than the number to be elected, the processes of:

(a) allocating the continuing candidate next in order of the elector’s preference, and

(b) conducting a further count, and

(c) excluding the candidate who has the fewest votes,

must be repeated until the number of continuing candidates is equal to the number to be elected. The returning officer must then declare those continuing candidates to be elected.

(7) If, after any count, 2 or more candidates have an equal number of votes and one of those candidates has to be excluded, the returning officer must determine by lot which of them is to be excluded. The determination by lot is to be conducted as follows:

(a) the name of each of the candidates is to be written on separate and similar slips of paper, and

(b) the slips must then be folded so as to prevent identification, and

(c) those slips are then to be mixed and one slip is to be drawn at random, and

(d) the candidate whose name is drawn is to be excluded.