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  1. It is the task of the provincial council to determine for each electoral college whether the voters must come together specially to hold the election or vote by post.
  2. If the election is to be held in a special assembly:
    1. the president and place of the election shall be deter­mined by the provincial council;
    2. in the actual election, nn. 452 and 494, § IV shall be observed;
    3. after the election of a delegate, provision shall be made in the same manner for electing a substitute in case of neces­sity.
  3. If, however, the voters cannot gather together con­veniently, it proceeds by mail, the prior provincial presiding, in accord with n. 455-bis and according to the following norms: 
    1. each voter shall write his vote on a ballot-paper and send it in a double envelope to the prior provincial or regional prior in accordance with n. 480, § III; 
    2. when the time fixed for receiving ballot-papers has elapsed, the prior provincial or the regional prior with his council shall carry out the count according to the norm n. 480 § IV, 1-4; 
    3. if the majority required for election is obtained, all voters shall be informed by letter of the result of the election;
    1. if, however, an absolute majority is not obtained in the first ballot, the prior provincial with his council shall proceed according to 480, IV,  n. 455-bis, § II, 6 and 7. In the final ballot, whether it is the second (n. 6), third or fourth (n.7), only those two may be presented who achieved the greater number of votes in the preceding ballot, and n. 450, § III must be observed.
    2. in the event of a delegate being incapacitated, the substitute shall be the one who in the final ballot obtained the second highest number of votes, and n. 450, § III, must be observed.
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