sec.18Candidate with the highest number of votes is elected

sec.18 Candidate with the highest number of votes is elected

The candidate with the highest number of votes is elected. However, subsections (3) and (4) apply if 2 or more candidates receive the same number of votes so that the candidate entitled to be elected under subsection (1) can not be decided. The registrar must conduct a draw by completing the following steps in the presence of at least 2 witnesses— writing the names of the candidates with the same number of votes on separate pieces of paper that are the same kind, shape, size and colour; folding the pieces of paper in the same way to be the same size and thickness; putting the pieces of paper in a container and shuffling them; drawing out 1 of the pieces of paper. The candidate whose name is drawn out under subsection (3) (d) is elected. (sec.18-ssec.1) The candidate with the highest number of votes is elected. (sec.18-ssec.2) However, subsections (3) and (4) apply if 2 or more candidates receive the same number of votes so that the candidate entitled to be elected under subsection (1) can not be decided. (sec.18-ssec.3) The registrar must conduct a draw by completing the following steps in the presence of at least 2 witnesses— writing the names of the candidates with the same number of votes on separate pieces of paper that are the same kind, shape, size and colour; folding the pieces of paper in the same way to be the same size and thickness; putting the pieces of paper in a container and shuffling them; drawing out 1 of the pieces of paper. (sec.18-ssec.4) The candidate whose name is drawn out under subsection (3) (d) is elected.

• (a) writing the names of the candidates with the same number of votes on separate pieces of paper that are the same kind, shape, size and colour;
• (b) folding the pieces of paper in the same way to be the same size and thickness;
• (c) putting the pieces of paper in a container and shuffling them;
• (d) drawing out 1 of the pieces of paper.