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.