Tie-breaking votes
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From Lights of Guidance[edit]
Only Names of Those Tied Appear on Subsequent Ballots[edit]
"Following the voting in an election of an Assembly, Local or National, results of the balloting should be announced, including the names of those tied for ninth place. A new ballot must then be cast to decide between those who have received the same number of votes for ninth place. Only those who are tied to be voted for on that ballot, and the tie may be broken by the delegates present at the Convention."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of The Bahamas, May 18, 1982, in Lights of Guidance, no. 86)
How to Report a Tie[edit]
"It is not correct to show that Senorita ... received 13 votes. If she is to be listed among those receiving votes on the first ballot it should be shown that she was tied for ninth place with 6 votes and that on the second ballot she received 13 of the votes cast."
- (From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of Colombia, June 16, 1964, in Lights of Guidance, no. 87)
