www.Droi tAfrique.comb Any ballot with names cancelled and replaced with names not found on the list shall be null. Art.A.267.13.- If during the first round, the number of voters, excluding blank or spoiled ballots, is less than half the number of registered voters, a second round of elections shall be organised without the need for a quorum : in this instance voters shall vote for lists other than those presented by trade union organisations. Art.A.267.14.- Each list shall have as many seats as the number of votes it gets contains electoral quotients ; given that this quotient is equal to the total number of votes validly cast by the voters of the electoral body divided by the number of seats in contention. Art.A.267.15.- In case no seat can be filled or there are still seats to be filled, the remaining seats shall be awarded based on the highest average . To this end, the number of votes obtained for each list shall be divided by the number plus a unit of seats attributed to the list. The various lists shall be ranked in descending order of averages obtained. The first unfilled sealed shall be given to the list with the highest average. The same operation shall be performed for each of the unfilled seats, right to the last. In case the lists have the same average and only one seat remains to be filled, the said seat shall be awarded to the list with the highest number of votes. When two lists receive the same number of votes, the seat shall be awarded to the eldest between the two candidates likely to be elected. Art.A.267.16.- The head of the establishment or his/her representative shall oversee the organisation and smooth functioning of elections, notably the set up of the polling station, voting by secret ballot and the drafting of the minutes. The head of the establishment or his/her representative shall chair the polling station where he/she will be assisted by a representative not on any of the lists running. The representatives of lists who must be the workers of the establishment shall be present in the station, assist in the voting process and vote counting, as well as sign the minutes alongside the employer or its representatives. The minutes shall be kept or sent in a sealed envelope in three copies, to the competent labour inspector, Implementing Decree of the Labour Code Mali within a week. He/she shall keep it permanently at the disposal of the relevant trade union organisations. Art.A.275.1.- Staff representatives shall be received together by the head of the establishment at at least once every month. They shall also be received by the head of the establishment or his/her representative, in his/her absence, either individually, by category, workshop, professional department or speciality, depending on the issues to be discussed, ; in any case, alternate representatives may take part, alongside full representatives, in meetings with employers. In the case of a public limited company, staff representatives shall be received by the board of directors in case there have complaints to make or there are suggestions that can be discussed only after the board deliberates.. If the board of directors has not met since more than one month at the company head office (in the event of multiple establishments in Mali), the representatives may seize it through the head of the establishment, given that the board of directors has to respond no later than 15 days as from its next meeting. The same procedure shall apply in case only a company manager who does not live in head office of the establishment is only person who can respond to the complaints or suggestions from representatives. Art.A.275.2.- Staff representatives may; at their request and after an appointment set by management, be assisted by a representative of the trade union organisation who presented the list, if there is one. In this case, they must be received by the head of the establishment. Art.A.275.3.- Excluding exceptional circumstances, the representatives shall give the head of the establishment. or his/her representative, two days before the day they are received, a written note briefly stating the purpose of their request. A copy of this note shall be recorded, at the request of the head of the establishment, in a special register that must compulsorily state, no longer than 6 days, the response to this note. This special register must be made available, during a working day, every two weeks, outside working hours, to the workers of the establishment who want to read it. It must always be made available to the labour inspector. Art.A.275.4.- Exceptional circumstances that lift the obligation for a two day notice 11/11