BYE-LAW 9 (c) To be elected a candidate must achieve a simple majority of the votes of Council Members present and entitled to vote. (d) If following a secret ballot none of the candidates have achieved a simple majority the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated and a new ballot will be taken. If two candidates with the lowest number of votes have an equal number of votes Council will hold a secret ballot to determine which candidate will proceed to the next round of voting. The voting shall continue until a candidate reaches a simple majority or in the event of a tie the Chairman is called to use his casting vote. (e) In the event of a repeated tied vote, the Chairman shall have the casting vote providing he is not a candidate for the position in question. (f) If the Chairman is a candidate and unable to use the casting vote in the event of a tied vote Council must continue voting until a new Chairman is elected. 9.8.3 Where the Incumbent Chairman and Vice-Chairman are both standing for re-election an independent chair of the vote process (the “Independent Vote Chair”) shall be appointed to manage this voting process. 9.8.4 To be admissible, all candidatures for the role(s) of Officer(s) must be submitted to World Rugby CEO and fulfil the following conditions: (a) Be sent in writing duly signed by the candidate and his nominating Union no later than 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting referenced in 9.8.1 above; (b) Be accompanied by the names of the Council Members who are proposing and seconding the candidate. 9.8.5 World Rugby shall (i) call for nominations for Officers no later than 90 days prior to the Annual Meeting and (ii) circulate all Nominations received in compliance with Bye-Law 9.8.4 to all Unions, Associations and Council no less than 45 days prior to the Annual Meeting. 9.9 Chief Executive Officer The Chief Executive Officer of World Rugby (the “Chief Executive Officer”) shall be appointed by the Executive Committee on such terms and conditions as the Executive Committee shall from time to time determine. 9.10 Alterations to Bye-Laws, Regulations Relating to the Game, General Regulations and Laws of the Game (a) No alterations to the Bye-laws, Regulations Relating to the Game or the Laws of the Game shall be made unless agreed by a three quarter majority of the Representatives present and entitled to vote at the Annual or Interim Meetings or at a Special Meeting; Last update: 14 January, 2015 47
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