REPUBLIC OF NAURU
ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) NO. 2 ACT 2019
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No. 21 of 2019
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An Act to amend the Electoral Act 2016 
Certified: 12th July 2019
Table of Contents
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment of the Electoral Act 2016
4 Amendment of section 78
5 Amendment of section 85
6 Amendment to section 85A

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:
1	Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2019.
2	Commencement
This Act commences upon certification by the Speaker.	

3	Amendment of the Electoral Act 2016 

The Electoral Act 2016 is amended by the provisions of this Act.

4	Amendment of section 78
Section 78(7) is amended by deleting the figure ‘2’ and substituting ‘4’. 
The clause will now read: 
‘(7) The Electoral Commissioner must not grant to a voter more than 4 proxy voting authorisations.’ 

5	Amendment of section 85

Section 85(4) is amended by deleting ‘section 87’ where it appears immediately after the word ‘under’ and substituting ‘section 85A’. 

6	Amendment to section 85A
Section 85A (4) is deleted and substituted as follows:
“(4) 	If two or more candidates receive an equal value of votes and one or more of the candidates must be excluded, the Electoral Commissioner must determine by lot a candidate or candidates to be excluded, using a random method of selection such as:
(a) 	tossing a coin; or 
(b) 	drawing the names out of a container in such manner that the Electoral Commissioner cannot see which names he or she is drawing.”