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CurrentExclusion of candidate
Part 8Electoral provisions
Division 8Countback process and counting of votes
277 Exclusion of candidate
(1)
The election manager must exclude from participation in a countback any candidate which the election manager knows has died or has otherwise ceased to be qualified to be a Councillor.
(2)
A candidate is not to be excluded from participation in a countback only because the candidate failed to complete a declaration under section 282(1) after a countback to fill a previous extraordinary vacancy.
(3)
An exclusion under subsection (1) cannot be made once the countback procedure has been commenced.
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