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THIRD SCHEDULE.
Rules for the Election of Direct Representatives and of Persons to Fill Casual Vacancies.
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1. Every candidate shall be nominated in writing and every such nomination shall be signed by not less than twelve registered medical practitioners resident in Saorstát Eireann.
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2. Every person entitled to vote at an election of direct representatives shall be entitled to vote for two candidates and no more and every person entitled to vote at an election to fill a casual vacancy shall be entitled to vote for one candidate only.
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3. The returning officer shall send a voting paper by post to every person entitled to vote at the election but the failure to send a voting paper to any such person shall not invalidate the election.
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4. Any person entitled to vote at the election to whom a voting paper is not sent by the returning officer shall be entitled to obtain a voting paper on application therefor to the returning officer.
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5. Persons entitled to vote at the election shall send by post or otherwise or deliver their voting papers to the returning officer at the address given by him for the purpose.
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6. On the day and at the time and place appointed for the purpose by the returning officer the votes cast by voting papers received by the returning officer before that day shall be counted in the presence of the returning officer by such persons as he shall appoint.
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7. Votes cast by voting papers received by the returning officer on or after the day appointed by him for the counting of the votes shall not be counted.
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8. The method of sending, receiving, and counting voting papers shall be such as to secure the secrecy of the voting.
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9. Every candidate shall be entitled to be present at the counting of the votes, but no other person shall be present without the consent of the returning officer.
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10. When the counting of the votes is completed the returning officer shall send the name or names of the person or persons elected and such other particulars relating to the election as may be required under this Act in writing signed by him to the Minister or the Council as the case may require.
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