Section 5 – Voting

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4.2 The Returning Officer or their Delegate must publish the Candidate Guide as soon as practicable after the close of nominations. The Candidate Guide must be authorised by the Returning Officer prior to its publication pursuant to s 7.7 of the Regulations. 4.3 Executive Officers must be appointed no later than two (2) months following the date of the AGM.

Section 5 – Voting

5.1 Voting will take place via online poll, the specific form of which shall be determined by the Returning Officer or their Delegate.

5.2 If a member is unable to access the online poll, the Returning Officer may determine a reasonable alternative to facilitate the casting of theirvote.

5.3 The nominee that receives the greatest number of votes will be appointed to the Board position that they have nominatedfor.

5.4 In the event of a Tied Election Result, the following will apply: a.ThenomineeswiththeTiedElectionResultshallbeinformedoftheTiedElection

Result by the Returning Officer or their Delegate; b.Any of the nominees with the Tied Election Result may request the votes be recounted; c. A request for a recount must be received by the Returning Officer or their

Delegate within twenty four (24) hours of the time the nominee was informed of the Tied Election Result. d.The votes will only be recounted in the same manner as conducted pursuant to s 7.9 of these Regulations. e.Where the Tied Election Result is not resolved with a recount, the Board Elect will determine the nominee who will assume the relevant Board position by way of simple majority of a secret ballot. f. In the event that the Board Elect is deadlocked, the outgoing President will appoint the nominee who will assume the relevant Executive Council position.

5.5 Online voting will commence at 9am Monday (AEST) and close at 5pm on the following Wednesday (AEST) in the week designated pursuant to s 4 of the Regulations.

5.6 The Returning Officer may deem an election to be invalid at their discretion, whether due to technical problems or otherwise. a.If an election is deemed invalid, the Returning Officer will ensure a valid online or paper ballot election will take place in the week immediately following the original election week.

5.7 Each nominee may appoint one (1) scrutineer to inspect the electronic results of the election for the Board position for which they have nominated. The Returning