“8. (1) If more than one member is proposed for an office the Presiding Officer shall, after all such members have been proposed and seconded, put selection of the candidate to a vote by secret ballot.
(2) The member elected to the office shall be the candidate receiving the highest number of votes, but where because of an equality of votes, the election of the member is impossible, the ballot shall be retaken in respect of the relevant candidates.
(3) Where on the second ballot the equality of votes continues, the Presiding Officer shall exercise a casting vote.”
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