5Ballots

5 Ballots

(1)  If there are 2 or more nominations for the office of mayor or deputy mayor, a ballot is to be conducted by the general manager in accordance with this Division.

(2)  A candidate may appoint as a scrutineer a person, who is not a councillor, by written notification to the general manager of that appointment before the ballot commences.

(3)  The councillors present at the meeting at which the ballot is to be conducted are to appoint a councillor, who is not a candidate, to preside at the meeting for the period of the ballot.

(4)  Each councillor present at the meeting, whether a candidate or not, is to be given a ballot paper on which are printed in alphabetical order the names of all the candidates.