4. SELECTION

SELECTION OF THE HEAD OF STATE

Now that the people of the states and territories have chosen their respective representatives, the eight candidates will attend the House of Representatives in Canberra for similtaneous sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the lower houses (Legislative Assembly or House of Assembly) of each State and Territory.

The Lower Houses have been slected from each state as they represent the people. The Federal Senate represent the States and will only be required if it is necessary to break a tie.

Each candidate will give a 10 minute speech in the House of Representatives to put their case forward to the elected representatives to choose them to become the Head of State of Australia. It will also be telecast (& webcast) to be viewed by the Federal Senate and the State and Territorial lower houses, as well as the people of Australia .

THE FIRST ROUNDS OF VOTING REJECT THE LEAST PREFERRED CANDIDATES

The parliamentarians of the federal, state and territorial lower houses will vote out their least preferred candidate until 2 remain.

All the lower house representatives of all the Parliaments in Australia will have a combined vote within 15 minutes of the last candidate’s speech, to vote out their least preferred candidate.

By that completion of that time period, their secret vote will placed in a ballot box in the chamber and will be immediately counted by 3 members of the State Electoral Commission. If the parliamentarian has not voted within that 15 minute time-frame, they will have been considered to have abstained for that round.

The 3 SEC officers in each house will advise the SEC tally room who will then post the confirmed results on the telecast and internet.

With the vote confirmed, The Speaker of the House of Represntativeswill formally advise the House of Representatives (and the other House of Representatives and people via the telecast) of the first rejected candidate and the second rejection round will begin immediately.

Once the vote is proclaimed by the Speaker of the House, the lower house parliamentarians will be given exactly 15 minutes to cast their next vote, to vote out the next candidate, using the same procedure as outlined above. At the end of that 15 minute period the voting in that round is closed and tallied, and next candidate is rejected.

This will continue until two final candidates remain.

THE FINAL VOTE WILL BE FOR THE HEAD OF STATE

Of the two candidates remaining there will be a final vote for the Head of State.

The Speaker will remind the parliamentarians of the lower houses that they are now voting for the Head of State of Australia.

The person who receives the majority of votes will become the Head of State. The person who receives the minority vote will be the Deputy Head of State.

Each parliamentarian has now 15 minutes to cast their ballot. Once cast the SEC will tally the vote. Before the Head of State is announced the SEC will formally advise the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, and once that is done, the Speaker can formerly announce the Head of State and the Deputy Head of State.

IN THE EVENT OF A TIED VOTE

In the event of a tied vote the parliamentarians will recast their votes within 15 minutes.

In the event of another tie after the second vote, all the Lower Houses and the Federal Senate will vote on the final selection within 15 minutes.

In the event of another tie, the Prime Minister may make the final selection from the two remaining candidates. This must be done within the hour of the second vote being declared a tie. The PM may further consult with either or both candidates or ayone else, before advising the Speaker of the House of his deciding vote.

There are potentially 593 votes (668 with the Federal Senate included in the event of a second tied vote)

The Parliamentarians entitled to vote belong to the following Houses of Parliament: