25Counting of votes

25 Counting of votes

25 Counting of votes

(1) The returning officer must reject a vote as informal if the voter has not indicated a clear preference for at least the number of candidates to be elected.

(2) If there is only 1 person to be elected in any election—

(a) the method of counting the votes so as to ascertain the result of the election is as provided in Part 2 of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution Act 1902, and

(b) for the purpose of applying the provisions of that Part to any such election, a reference in those provisions to the returning officer must be read as a reference to the returning officer under this Regulation.

(3) If there are 2 persons to be elected in any election—

(a) the method of counting the votes so as to ascertain the result of the election is as provided in Part 2 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution Act 1902, and

(b) for the purpose of applying the provisions of that Part to any such election—

(i) a reference in those provisions to the Council returning officer must be read as a reference to the returning officer under this Regulation, and

(ii) the quota referred to in those provisions must be determined by dividing the number of first preference votes for all candidates by 3 and by increasing the quotient so obtained (disregarding any remainder) by one.