BY E. L. PIESSE, B.SC, LL.B. 73 



1913. 



Section G, — Method of Counting Votes. 



1. The ballot-papers shall first be examined and all i^iforraal 

 papers rejected. 



2. Wherever during the process of the count the i-ules pro- 

 vide for a transfer of surplus votes from one candidate to 

 other candidates, all the voting-papers concerned in the said 

 transfer shall be shuffled before the transfer is commenced. 



3. The number of first choices for each candidate shall be 

 counted, and on each paper a mark shall be made opposite 

 the name of each candidate who receives one of such choices. 

 Each candidate shall be credited with one vote for each such 

 choice given to him. 



4. The aggregate number of such first choices shall be divided 

 by one more than the number of candidates required to be 

 elected, and th^ quotient increased by one, disregarding any 

 remainder, shall be the quota, and (except as hereinafter pro- 

 vided in Rule 9) no candidate shall be elected until he obtains 

 a numl)er of votes equal to or greater than the quota. 



5. Any candidate who has, upon the first choices being 

 counted, a number of such votes equal to or greater than the 

 quota shall be declared elected. 



6. Where the number of such votes obtained by any candi- 

 date is in excess of the quota, the surplus shall be transferred 

 to the next available candidate in the following manner: — 



(i) All the voting-papers on which a first choice is recorded 

 for the elected candidate shall he re-examined and 

 the number of second, or next ^-onsecutive, choices, 

 recorded therein for each unelected candidate shall 

 be counted, 

 (ii) The surplus of the elected candidate shall be divided 

 by the total number of votes obtained by him on 

 the counting of the first choices, and the resulting 

 fraction shall be the transfer value. 



<iii) The number of second, or next available choices, ascer- 

 tained in paragraph (1) to be recorded for each 

 unelected candidate shall be multiplied by the 

 transfer value, nnd the resulting number, ignoring 

 fractions, shall be the share of the surplus to which 

 that candidate is entitled, if required. 



(iv) For each unelected candidate the returning oSicer shall 

 select at random from the papers on which a second, 

 or other choice has been found for that candidate 

 under parngi-aph (1) a number of papers equal to 

 the number calculated as his share of the surplus 

 under paragraph (iii). 

 (v) If on crediting a candidate with a number of votes 

 equal to the number calculated as his share under 

 paragraph (iii) the candidate would not have a num- 

 ber of votes in excess of the quota, the returning 

 oiB&cer shall place a mark opposite his name on 

 each of the papers selected under paragraph (iv), 

 and one vote shall be credited to him for each such 

 paper. 



