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  1. It is for the statute of the provincial vicariate for the provincial council or the regional council to determine whether the voters must come together specially to hold the election or may vote by post.
  2. If the election is carried out in a special assembly:
    1. the president and the place of the election shall be as in n. 477;
    2. in the actual process of the election, n. 464 shall be observed (see Appendix n. 18).
  3. If, however, the voters cannot gather together conveniently, the following norms in n. 455-bis shall be used.  
    1. within the time determined by the president (n. 477, § II), each voter shall write his vote on a ballot-paper in accordance with n. 452, 6;  
    2. then, after placing the ballot-paper in an envelope, he shall write in his own hand his name and place of residence on the envelope and seal it carefully. After that, he shall enclose the first envelope in another envelope and send it to the president with a special marking so that it can be easily recognized.
  4. When the time determined for receiving ballot-papers has elapsed, the president with the regional council counters shall conduct the count in accord with n. 455-bis §II and according to the following norms:
    1. when all the external envelopes have been opened in the presence of the council, the names of the electors written on the outside of the inner envelopes are examined to see whether each of them has the conditions required for active voice; if anyone does not, his vote shall be considered null and void; 
    2. the number of voters and of envelopes is compared; 
    3. the envelopes are opened and burned before the ballots are unfolded; 
    4. the votes are then examined in accordance with n. 452, 9, 10, 11;
    1. 5. if the majority required for election or postulation is obtained, a decree of election shall be drawn up by the president, and an authentic document of the election shall be prepared and sent to the prior provincial in accordance with n. 453, § I (see Appendix n. 24). All the voters shall be notified by letter of the result of the election;
      6. if, however, an absolute majority is not obtained in the first ballot, the president with the council shall fix the time for holding a new and final ballot; and shall inform by letter both the prior provincial and the voters of all that has taken place;
      7. a provincial chapter, however, may determine that a third or even a fourth ballot may be held if in the second or third an absolute majority is not obtained;
    2. 8. if in the final ballot, whether it is the second (n. 455-bis § II, 6: or the third or the fourth (n. 455-bis § II, 7), an absolute majority is not obtained, it devolves upon the prior provincial to make provision for the office (see n. 464).
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