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Griffith University Act 1998
sec.26AAElection policy
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### sec.26AA Election policy
The council must—
make a policy (an election policy ) about the conduct of elections required under section 15 ; and
publish the election policy on the university’s website.
The election policy must include—
provisions to ensure the integrity and security of the voting system; and
without limiting paragraph (a) , provisions to ensure—
only persons who are eligible to vote may vote; and
a person can not vote more than once in an election; and
voting is done by secret ballot; and
a person is not improperly influenced in voting; and
provisions stating the procedure for voting, including the procedure for issuing ballots; and
provisions about—
notifying the period during which an election is to be held; and
nominating candidates, including calling for and making nominations, and fixing the day by which nominations must be made; and
publishing the results of an election, including the day by which the results must be published; and
making and resolving complaints.
Also, the election policy may include provisions stating requirements for—
eligibility to be nominated as a candidate for a particular class of elected members; and
eligibility to vote, including eligibility to vote for a particular class of elected members.
The election policy takes effect on the day it is published on the university’s website or any later day stated in the policy.
s 26AA ins 2017 No. 36 s 111
(sec.26AA-ssec.1) The council must— make a policy (an election policy ) about the conduct of elections required under section 15 ; and publish the election policy on the university’s website.
(sec.26AA-ssec.2) The election policy must include— provisions to ensure the integrity and security of the voting system; and without limiting paragraph (a) , provisions to ensure— only persons who are eligible to vote may vote; and a person can not vote more than once in an election; and voting is done by secret ballot; and a person is not improperly influenced in voting; and provisions stating the procedure for voting, including the procedure for issuing ballots; and provisions about— notifying the period during which an election is to be held; and nominating candidates, including calling for and making nominations, and fixing the day by which nominations must be made; and publishing the results of an election, including the day by which the results must be published; and making and resolving complaints.
(sec.26AA-ssec.3) Also, the election policy may include provisions stating requirements for— eligibility to be nominated as a candidate for a particular class of elected members; and eligibility to vote, including eligibility to vote for a particular class of elected members.
(sec.26AA-ssec.4) The election policy takes effect on the day it is published on the university’s website or any later day stated in the policy.
- (a) make a policy (an election policy ) about the conduct of elections required under section 15 ; and
- (b) publish the election policy on the university’s website.
- (a) provisions to ensure the integrity and security of the voting system; and
- (b) without limiting paragraph (a) , provisions to ensure— (i) only persons who are eligible to vote may vote; and (ii) a person can not vote more than once in an election; and (iii) voting is done by secret ballot; and (iv) a person is not improperly influenced in voting; and
- (i) only persons who are eligible to vote may vote; and
- (ii) a person can not vote more than once in an election; and
- (iii) voting is done by secret ballot; and
- (iv) a person is not improperly influenced in voting; and
- (c) provisions stating the procedure for voting, including the procedure for issuing ballots; and
- (d) provisions about— (i) notifying the period during which an election is to be held; and (ii) nominating candidates, including calling for and making nominations, and fixing the day by which nominations must be made; and (iii) publishing the results of an election, including the day by which the results must be published; and (iv) making and resolving complaints.
- (i) notifying the period during which an election is to be held; and
- (ii) nominating candidates, including calling for and making nominations, and fixing the day by which nominations must be made; and
- (iii) publishing the results of an election, including the day by which the results must be published; and
- (iv) making and resolving complaints.
- (i) only persons who are eligible to vote may vote; and
- (ii) a person can not vote more than once in an election; and
- (iii) voting is done by secret ballot; and
- (iv) a person is not improperly influenced in voting; and
- (i) notifying the period during which an election is to be held; and
- (ii) nominating candidates, including calling for and making nominations, and fixing the day by which nominations must be made; and
- (iii) publishing the results of an election, including the day by which the results must be published; and
- (iv) making and resolving complaints.
- (a) eligibility to be nominated as a candidate for a particular class of elected members; and
- (b) eligibility to vote, including eligibility to vote for a particular class of elected members.