87If group falls below 15 members

#### 87 If group falls below 15 members 87 If group falls below 15 members > > (1) The candidates who are included in a group for a periodic Council election (the primary group) and who have duly requested a group voting square for the election, are required to nominate, for the purposes of section 168, one other group of candidates in the election for whom a second preference vote is taken to be recorded on all ballot papers on which only a first preference vote is recorded for the primary group if that group ceases to have 15 candidates because of the operation of section 86 (8). > > > (2) The following provisions apply to nominations under subsection (1)— > > > > > (a) A nomination may be made at the time the candidates request a group voting square for the election or within 24 hours after the close of nominations for the election. However, the Electoral Commissioner may accept a late nomination so long as it is made before election day. > > > > > (b) A nomination may be made on behalf of the candidates in the group by the first candidate in the group or by the registered officer of a registered party that has nominated all or any of the candidates for the election. > > > > > (c) A group of candidates is not eligible to be nominated unless the candidates in that group have duly requested a group voting square for the election. > > > > > (d) The Electoral Commissioner is to cause notice of the nominations to be publicly advertised on the Electoral Commission’s website as soon as is reasonably practicable. > > > > > (e) After a nomination has been lodged with the Electoral Commissioner in respect of the election— > > > > > > > (i) the nomination may not be changed, and > > > > > > > (ii) a further nomination may not be made for the election by or on behalf of any of the candidates concerned.