ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) When tally of votes required 4.(1) If only one candidate is duly nominated he or she shall be declared by the Clerk of Parliament to be duly elected as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe without the necessity of a tally of votes. (2) If two or more candidates are duly nominated, the Clerk of Parliament shall direct a tally of votes to take place and notify the Chief Justice in writing accordingly. Procedure when tally of votes required 5. If a tally of votes becomes necessary in terms of paragraph 4(2), the Chief Justice shall— (a) convene the electoral college at the House of Assembly or other venue specified in terms of paragraph 2(1)(a)(ii); and (b) preside over the electoral college; and (c) conduct any drawing of lots; and (d) declare the successful candidate to be elected; in terms of this Schedule. Quorum of electoral college 6.(1) If a tally of votes becomes necessary in terms of paragraph 4(2), then, subject to subparagraph (2), half of the membership of the electoral college shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the electoral college. (2) If, at any meeting of the electoral college, there is no quorum within fifteen minutes of the time fixed for the start of the meeting of the electoral college, the Chief Justice shall adjourn the meeting until one hour later and, at that adjourned meeting, the members of the electoral college present shall form a quorum. Voting procedure 7.(1) If a tally of votes becomes necessary in terms of paragraph 4(2)— (a) the Chief Justice shall order the doors of the chamber to be secured and, as soon as possible thereafter, shall— (i) call out the name of each candidate in alphabetical order of his or her surname; and (ii) after calling our each name— A. direct those wishing to vote for the candidate to gather as a voting bloc in the part of the chamber indicated by the Chief Justice; and B. appoint one member of the voting bloc as the teller for that voting bloc, who shall make up a list of the members of the voting bloc under the name of the candidate for whom the voting bloc wishes to vote, and the total number of the members of that voting bloc; and (b) the tellers shall sign the voting bloc lists and hand them to the Chief Justice, who shall declare the numbers to the electoral college; and - 113 -