It is for your National Assembly to determine how to
properly instruct the delegates beforehand in the recording of identical names
on ballots and to give the tellers guidelines for handling these questions when
they arise in the counting of the ballots. Thereafter, it is for the tellers to
make the decision and give the results to the Convention or Assembly...
Q. In the case of a tie between five persons for three
vacancies should the names of the five be read for the delegates vote?
A. Yes.
Q. In voting for officers is it permissible to read the
names of those persons who have tied?
A. When voting for officers of an Assembly a result is
only reached when one member receives five or more votes. Until that result is
reached all members are eligible for the office in question and the results of
all inconclusive ballots should be made know to the meeting.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a
letter dated 21 July 1971 to the National Spiritual Assembly of
Jamaica; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)