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 (5)That the process of voting should be as simple as possible.

(6)That the process of counting the votes, and announcing the result, should be as simple as possible.

(7)That the waste of votes, caused by more votes being given for a Candidate than are needed for his return, should be as far as possible prevented.

(8)That the result of a local Election should depend as much as possible on the wishes of the Electors in that District, and as little as possible on chance.

(9)That the Electors in a District should be, as far as possible, uninfluenced by the results of Elections in other Districts.