Committee Regulations

There shall be a committee of the General Assembly entitled the Ballot Committee.

The committee shall consist of five members, including a convener, elected by the Assembly.

The committee shall conduct all ballots arising during the sitting of the Assembly or the Commission of Assembly.

The following regulations shall apply except where otherwise specifically stated:

1. the committee authorised by the Assembly to receive nominations and/or applications for offices to be filled shall furnish a list of those names to go to ballot to the Ballot Committee not later than the commencement of the morning sederunt on the day on which the ballot is to be held;
2. nominees and/or applicants for offices to be filled who desire to withdraw their names from the ballot should notify the convener of the committee authorized by the Assembly to receive them as soon as possible and not later than the closing of the evening sederunt prior to the day on which the ballot is to be held;
3. the ballot shall be by preferential voting;
4. the committee shall report the result of the ballot to the Moderator who shall privately inform the person whose name is first on the list and ascertain his willingness to accept the office; if the office is accepted he shall inform the Assembly of the result of the ballot. Should the person whose name is first on the list indicate his unwillingness to accept the office the Moderator shall approach the other persons in order of preference until he is in a position to notify the Assembly of the result of the ballot in terms of the one who accepts the office.