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  1. Every form of voting by proxy is excluded, and only the electors present may cast a vote.
  2. Every election is carried out by way of a ballot by secret votes written on voting papers and, indeed, written by the electors themselves. Our legislation excludes election by compromise. 1
  3. For a vote to be valid, it is required that it be free, secret, certain, determined, and absolute. (See CCL 172, § 1.) 
  4. According to our law, no one may validly vote for
    himself.
Constitution
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
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  • 1

    Canon 174 § 1 Unless the law or the statues provide otherwise, an election can be made by compromise, that is the electors by unanimous and written consent transfer the right of election for this occasion to one or more suitable persons, whether they belong to the college or are outside it, who in virtue of this authority are to elect in the name of all.