Calling for nominations
5 Calling for nominations
The manager of the election must call for nominations for the offices to be filled by notice given to members in 1 of the following ways—
by post to each member at the address recorded in the members register;
if the organisation publishes a journal or newsletter it gives its members free of charge, by advertisement in the journal or newsletter;
in a daily newspaper circulating in the area where the organisation’s members live or work.
The notice must state—
the opening day for nominations; and
the closing day for nominations; and
that nominations for office—
open at midday on the opening day; and
close at midday on the closing day; and
who may nominate as a candidate in the election; and
that nominations for office must be written, signed by the nominee and given to the manager before nominations close; and
the start and finish days for a ballot to decide the result of the election if a ballot becomes necessary under section 8; and
that only a person who was a financial member 30 days before the opening day for nominations may vote in the election; and
that the ballot will be decided by a first-past-the-post system of voting.
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