ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ Provided that— (i) if by virtue of an appeal against the rejection of a nomination paper, an additional candidate is to be regarded as duly nominated, the Chief Elections Officer shall revoke his declaration and publish notice in a newspaper of the revocation, and a poll shall take place in accordance with this Part; (ii) where as a result of the withdrawal one or more vacancies remain to be filled, a fresh election shall be held to fill them and this Part shall apply, with any changes that may be necessary, as if the vacancy or vacancies had occurred on the date of the withdrawal; (b) the number of remaining candidates still exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled at the election, the Chief Elections Officer shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to ensure that— (i) the withdrawal is brought to the attention of voters in the council area concerned; and (ii) … [Subparagraph repealed by s. 26 of Act No. 6 of 2018] 127 Death of candidate If a duly nominated candidate dies after the close of nominations and before the poll commences or, if the poll has commenced, before its close, the Chief Elections Officer shall, on being satisfied of the fact of the death— (a) terminate all proceedings in respect of the election for the council area or ward concerned; and (b) declare any proceedings already taken in relation to that election to be void; and (c) give notice in a newspaper of the actions taken by him or her; and all proceedings shall be commenced afresh as if a casual vacancy or special vacancy had occurred on the date of the candidate’s death: Provided that no fresh nomination shall be necessary in the case of a candidate who was duly nominated at the time when the proceedings were declared void if that candidate or his or her agent notifies the Chief Elections Officer in writing of his or her intention to remain a candidate. 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 Runoff by-election where votes tied (1) 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 113