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Absent provisions re ties in the two LACRALO regulations available, LACRALO  doc AL/2007/SD/2.Rev2, specifically provides  “the  full Rules of Procedure of the UN General Assembly may be invoked by participants of any meeting, or the Chair of any meeting, which is using these Ordinary Rules, as needed, to allow complex situations or difficult negotiations to be facilitated in a rules-based framework” . This rule is based on the UN GA Rule 132 (93) quoted below.

  • UN GA Rule 132 [93] When only one person or Member is to be elected and no candidate obtains in the first ballot the majority required, a second ballot shall be taken, which shall be restricted to the two candidates obtaining the largest
    number of votes. If in the second ballot the votes are equally divided, and a majority is required, the Chairman shall decide between the candidates by drawing lots.

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"In the case of a nomination of one candidate, LACRALO community will hold a poll. If a majority (more than 50%) of people responding to the poll, NOT counting abstentions, indicates NO, then the selection process for the ALAC seat will be restarted with a new call for nominations. On the contrary, the candidate will be nominated."

Abstentions: : According to rule 12.2, At Large Structures abstaining from voting shall be regarded as having not voted. However rule 19 says  - When a Virtual Meeting of the Assembly is held, the following Rules shall not apply:6, 12.3. So those casting a vote “abstain” are counted for purposes of reaching quorum. 

Based on past votes, staff has identified  that abstention will be counted toward quorum, but abstention will not be counted toward result interpretation; in other words, for result interpretation, we will only count the votes cast for candidate(s), and the candidate(s) with the most votes win.

For releasing results, and in the case of elections for Chair and Secretariat, past practice shall be followed.

a) Country - coefficient calculation applies

b) Vote is NOT anonymous (based on research of previous elections)