New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY BY-LAW 1995 - REG 8

8 Procedure for electing Chancellor or Deputy Chancellor

(1) The following provisions of this clause apply to an election to elect the Chancellor or Deputy Chancellor.

(2) The returning officer is to preside during the part of the meeting at which the election is to be held.

(3) No business other than the election may be conducted at a meeting of the Council while the returning officer is presiding.

(4) If there is only one nomination for election, the returning officer must declare the nominated candidate to be elected.

(5) If there are 2 or more nominations for election, the returning officer must conduct a poll of members of the Council by secret ballot.

(6) At the poll, each member of the Council is entitled to cast a vote for one of the candidates only.

(7) When the poll is finished, the returning officer must count the number of votes cast at the poll for each candidate.

(8) If one candidate has received more votes than any other, the returning officer must declare that candidate to be elected.

(9) If 2 or more candidates receive an equal number of votes cast at the poll and if no other candidate has received more votes than those candidates, the returning officer must conduct a further poll.

(10) At the further poll each member of the Council is entitled to vote for one of the candidates who received an equal number of votes at the original poll.

(11) The returning officer must count the number of votes cast for each candidate at the further poll and, if one candidate has received more votes than any other, the returning officer must declare that candidate to be elected.

(12) If 2 or more candidates receive an equal number of votes cast at the further poll and no other candidate receives more votes than those candidates, the returning officer must decide by lot which of the candidates with an equal number of votes is to be declared elected. For that purpose, the returning officer must:

(a) write the names of the candidates concerned on similar slips of paper, and

(b) fold the slips so as to prevent identification, and

(c) mix the slips and draw one of them at random.

The candidate whose name is drawn first is to be declared elected.