14. At the close of nominations, if the number of candidates is less than or equal to the number of seats to be filled, the returning officer shall declare these candidates elected. He or she shall then complete the certificate of election by acclamation in accordance with Schedule III and send a copy of this certificate and the nomination papers to the agency within 3 days. Within the same period, the returning officer shall send the originals of these documents and any information sheets to the executive director of the institution.
Not later than 20 days before the date of the election, the executive director shall publish, in at least 1 newspaper circulated in the region in which the institution’s facilities are located, a notice indicating the names of the persons elected and stating that no election will be held.
The executive director must also post this notice within the same period in at least one location accessible to the public in each of the institution’s facilities.