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V. General Operations, Standards and Systems
  
  5.3 Elections  
  Article 56- Elections  
56.1 Elections  
  A general election is any democratic election process whereby a living man or woman is selected by a group of peers to a position of authority. This applies to all levels of the Bank and the procedure of corporate entities.  
56.2 Vote value  
  The system of voting for all general elections shall be based on the principle one member = one vote per ballot paper per election.  
  The action of voting more than once for an election whether under true or false identity is considered a crime.  
56.3 Voting system  
  The voting system shall be based on electing a candidate from a ballot of valid candidates based on their relative majority. The candidate that is always elected is the one with the most valid votes.  
56.4 Voting method  
  The method of voting of the Bank shall always be open and public either by paper or secure digital documentary means with the process independently observed and managed by a statutory authority.  
  This authority shall be called the Electoral Commission of the Union and shall be charged with the responsibility and authority to ensure free and fair secret ballot elections are conducted across the Union including the Bank wherever a general call to vote at annual meetings or major elections is required.  
  No election of an Official of this Bank nor any subsidiary organ, agency and society shall be permitted to be in secret. The conduct of a secret ballot election for the office of any Official shall be considered a crime.  
56.5 Public Record and Notice of results  
  The publication of all elections shall be by the public record and official notices of results in which the vote of each and every member represented by their unique membership number and their selections(s) may be reproduced as an official record of a valid vote.  
  The record of result of an election must always demonstrate the ability to reproduce down to individual unique membership numbers and their valid vote for detailed record request and as summary totals for general public record requests and summary notices of results.  
  Should a recount be requested or any other authorized and valid scrutiny of election results, then the original vote papers and files must be able to be accessed and individually verified against the master electoral roll of members.  
56.6 Group voting  
 

Where a voting ballot presents a number of candidates who choose to be identified as a complete list for intention of filling the electoral vacancy, it is permissible to publish group voting formatted ballots.

These ballots require a voter only to indicate their first preference for that group to receive and equal vote for each candidate nominated under that box.

  
56.7 Union election  
  Every six (6) years at a recurring date fixed by the Senate of the Union, the total members of the Bank shall be called to vote in a new Board of Governors, Treasurer and Comptroller.  
  This vote shall be compulsory of all members.  
     
     
     
 
 

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