ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) 128 Entitlement to vote, number of votes a voter may cast and counting thereof (1) Every person whose name appears on the voters roll prepared for the election concerned shall be entitled to vote at an election held under this Part: Provided that no such person shall be disqualified from voting if he or she satisfies the presiding officer of the polling station concerned as to his or her identity, notwithstanding that there may be a minor variation between his or her name as it appears on the voters roll and on any identity document. (2) The number of votes that a person referred to in subsection (1) may cast shall be— (a) in the case of an election to the office of mayor, one vote; (b) in the case of an election of councillors, where the council area is divided into wards, one vote; (c) in the case of an election of councillors, where the council area is not divided into wards, one vote in respect of each vacancy to be filled. (3) The Chief Elections Officer shall give reasonable notice in writing to each candidate or his or her chief election agent of the time and place where the counting of votes will take place. 129 Drawing of lots to determine result of election If after the counting of votes has been completed an equality of votes is found to exist between two or more candidates and the addition of one vote would entitle any of the candidates to be declared elected, the Chief Elections Officer shall, before two or more of the candidates and their agents, determine the candidate or candidates to whom such one additional vote shall be deemed to have been given by the drawing of lots, and shall thereafter declare the candidate or candidates so determined. 130 Declaration and publication of result of election (1) After ascertaining the result of the poll and any drawing of lots that may be required by section one hundred and twenty-nine, the Chief Elections Officer shall immediately declare the candidate or candidates, as the case may be, for whom the majority of votes have been given to have been duly elected and the number of votes given to each candidate. (2) As soon as possible after the result of the election has been declared in terms of subsection (1), the Chief Elections Officer shall give notice in a newspaper of the result, stating— (a) the candidates, if any, who are deemed in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section one hundred and twenty-five or paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and twenty-six to have been elected; and (b) the candidates who have been elected or are deemed to have been elected by a poll and the number of votes given to each such candidate. 131 … [Repealed] - 82 -