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- When a ballot has been legitimately conducted, that brother shall be considered elected who has obtained an absolute majority, that is, a majority that exceeds half the number of votes without counting null and void votes.
- To obtain this majority, several ballots may be conducted, but unless it is otherwise determined, the election is terminated with the third ballot, in which a relative majority
suffices. - If an election in which a relative majority suffices is terminated when the votes are tied, the brother who is older in the Order shall be deemed elected.
- When there is question of a postulation, at least twothirds of the votes are always required. (see CCL, 181, § 1 and LCO 297-bis). In cases where, in the final ballot, according to our laws, only two candidates are deemed eligible and one needs postulation but lacks two-thirds of the votes, the other is elected.
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