Torres Strait Regional Authority Election Rules 2017
106Counting of votes
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106 Counting of votes
(1) For the purposes of Schedule 2A to the Act, a candidate is taken to have an absolute majority of votes if:
(a) the number of first preference votes given to the candidate is more than half of the total number of first preference votes given to all candidates in the count; or
(b) after an exclusion, the number of votes given to that candidate is more than half of the total number of votes given to all unexcluded candidates.
(2) If 2 or more candidates have an equal number of votes, and 1 of those candidates is required to be identified for exclusion, the officer conducting the scrutiny must:
(a) exclude the candidate who had the least number of votes at the last count at which those candidates did not have an equal number of votes; or
(b) if there has been no such count — decide by lot which candidate is excluded.
(3) If 2 unexcluded candidates have an equal number of votes and there are no other unexcluded candidates, the officer conducting the scrutiny must decide by lot which candidate is elected.