Requirements for second or subsequent stage
641 Requirements for second or subsequent stage
The organisation’s rules must state the following for an election at the second or a subsequent stage of a collegiate electoral system—
who may nominate as a candidate for election;
how a person may nominate and become a candidate;
that a candidate must be declared elected if the number of candidates for election is not more than the number of officers to be elected for the organisation;
that, if there are more candidates than the number of officers to be elected for the organisation, a secret ballot must be conducted to decide the election;
that if a ballot must be conducted—
how the ballot must be conducted; and
the methods of voting and deciding the result of the ballot; and
that a person who may vote in the ballot (a voter) may vote by an absentee or proxy vote; and
how a voter may vote by an absentee or proxy vote; and
that scrutineers may be appointed for candidates for election; and
the functions of scrutineers.
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