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Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)
« on: September 01, 2017, 11:02:34 PM »
Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014)

An act to establish the electoral systems of the Independent Order in compliance with the first Constitutional Amendment Act (2014).

Short Title
(1) This act may be referred to as the Electoral Systems and Procedures Act (2014).

Elections
(2) If there are two candidates standing for Premier, a standard plurality system shall be used in which a member votes for their preferred candidate.
(3) If there are more than two candidates standing for Premier, the Supplementary Vote electoral system shall be used.
(4) ...
(5) All elections shall be conducted by the Grand Chancellor.

Supplementary Vote
(6) The Supplementary Vote electoral system is where a member votes by posting their first and, optionally, their second preference candidates.
(7) If a candidate does not win an overall majority of first-preference votes, then all candidates beside the top two shall be eliminated and their second-preference votes redistributed.

Single Transferable Vote
(8) ...

Counting and Calculating Results
(11) The Grand Chancellor shall count all votes manually.
(12) ...
(16) Following an election, the Grand Chancellor must publish verifiable proof of the electoral process, which may be scrutinised and challenged by any member of the Independent Order.
(17) If any other issue arises during the election process, the Grand Chancellor, with the advice of the Premier and Speaker of the Senate, shall proceed in a way that he deems most feasible.
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