Electoral Act, 1923

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SIXTH SCHEDULE.

Part I.

Rules for Conduct of Seanad Elections.

Panel to be sent to Seanad Returning Officer.

1. Within three days after the panel of candidates for any Seanad election has been formed the Clerkof the Seanad shall send to the Seanad Returning Officer a copy of such panel so far as the same relates to candidates nominated by the Seanad and within the same period of three days the Clerk of the Dáil shall send to the Seanad Returning Officer a copy of such panel so far as the same relates to candidates nominated by the Dáil.

Panel to be sent to Constituency Returning Officer.

2. Immediately upon the issue of the Proclamation appointing the day on which the Seanad election is to take place the Seanad Returning Officer shall send to each Constituency Returning Officer a copy of the Proclamation and a copy of the panel of candidates for that election.

Public notice of candidates and day of election.

3. Each Constituency Returning Officer shall, within two days after he receives the said copy of the Proclamation and copy of the panel give public notice (in the same manner as is prescribed in Rule 1 of the Fifth Schedule to this Act for the publication of the matters therein mentioned) of the day on which the election will be held and of the names and all other particulars of the candidates as same are stated in the copy of the panel furnished to him as aforesaid. Every such public notice shall be in the prescribed form.

Form of Ballot papers.

4. The ballot papers at a Seanad Election shall be in the form set out in Part II. of this Schedule and the Seanad Returning Officer shall provide all the ballot papers required for the election, and shall furnish to each Constituency Returning Officer a sufficient number of ballot papers for the efficient conduct of the election in his constituency.

Conduct of elections in constituencies.

5. Each Constituency Returning Officer shall conduct the Seanad Election in his constituency on the appointed day in the same manner in all respects as he is required by Part III. of this Act, the Third and Fourth Schedules to this Act, and Rules Nos. 13 to 19 and 21 to 34 and 44 to 53, inclusive, of Part I ., and the whole of Part II . of the Fifth Schedule to this Act to conduct a poll at a general election in his Constituency, and the Schedules and Rules aforesaid shall apply to a Seanad Election, save that the Returning Officer shall not proceed further with the counting of the votes than the arrangement of the papers in parcels according to the first preferences recorded for each candidate and the ascertainment of the number of papers in each such parcel, but shall then proceed as directed by the next following rule.

Ballot papers to be sent to Seanad Returning Officer.

6. Each Constituency Returning Officer immediately on the completion of the counting of the votes to the extent mentioned in the preceding Rule shall seal up in separate packets the several parcels of papers containing the first preferences recorded for each candidate, and shall endorse on each such packet a statement of the number of such papers in the packet, and of the name of the candidate for whom the first preferences are recorded on such papers, and shall send same to the Seanad Returning Officer.

Reports, etc., to be sent to Seanad Returning Officer.

7. Each Constituency Returning Officer shall then comply with the provisions of Rule 9 (4) of the Fourth Schedule and Rules 34, 35, and 36 in Part I. of the Fifth Schedule to this Act, with the modification that he shall report or send to the Seanad Returning Officer the things he is by those Rules required to report or send to the Clerk of the Dáil.

Counting of the votes.

8. As soon as the Seanad Returning Officer has received from all the Constituency Returning Officers all the packets, reports and other matters which such officers are by these Rules required to send to him the Seanad Returning Officer shall appoint the time and place at which he will proceed to count the votes, and shall at that time and place count the votes in accordance with the Rules contained in the Third Schedule to this Act.

Announcement of result of election.

9. As soon as the counting of the votes is completed the Seanad Returning Officer shall send to the Clerk of the Seanad and also to the Clerk of the Dáil a certificate in the form contained in Part II. of this Schedule, stating the names of the candidates elected, the total number of votes given for each candidate (whether elected or not), any transfer of votes made under this Act, and of the total number of votes credited to each candidate at the end of the count at which such transfer took place, and shall also publish a copy of such certificate in the Iris Oifigiúil.

Disposal of papers, packets &c.

10. The Seanad Returning Officer shall then send to the Clerk of the Seanad all such papers, packets, and things as a returning officer is by Rule 9 (4) of the Fourth Schedule, and Rule 36 in Part I. of the Fifth Schedule to this Act required to send to the Clerk of the Dáil, and Rules 37 to 41, inclusive, in Part I. of the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall apply to the papers, packets, and other things so sent to the Clerk of the Seanad with the substitution of the Seanad Returning Officer and the Clerk of the Seanad for the Returning Officer and the Clerk of the Dáil, respectively.

Meaning of Constituency Returning Officer.

11. The expression “Constituency Returning Officer” shall in this Schedule mean a person who is under this Act the Returning Officer for a Dáil Constituency.

Part II.

I.

FORM OF BALLOT PAPER.

Form of Front of Ballot Paper.

Counterfoil No.

Form of Back of Ballot Paper.

Number

Election to Seanad Eireann, 19________

Note.—The number on the back of the ballot paper is to correspond with that on the counterfoil.

II.

Form οf Certificate of Candidates Elected.

Number of valid votes__________________________

Number of members to be elected__________________

Quota (number of votes sufficient to secure the election of a candidate)___________

I hereby certify that the Senators elected at this election are—

and that the votes given to the candidates, and the result of any transfer of votes are as hereon appearing.