is to be carried out. The same is true if too few ballots are found. (C 257) CM 624 Verification of Ballots 216 If the number of ballots is the same as the number of electors present: 1) the tellers should open the individual ballots and unfold them so that both the President and the tellers themselves can see the name of the one that has received the vote, and, at the same time, they should investigate whether any ballot is null and void for some reason; 2) one of the tellers should publicly read aloud the individual ballots so that the name of the one who has received the vote can be heard by all the electors; 3) meanwhile the secretary should make a written note of the names of those receiving votes with the number of votes for each one; 4) the tellers should count the votes and make known publicly how many votes each one has received and determine whether one of the candidates has obtained the required majority of votes. (C 257) CM 623, 653 Voting Result 217The President promulgates the result of each ballot, and the secretary annotates it exactly. After the first inefficacious ballot, they should proceed to the second and, if this is also inefficacious, then to the third. When the voting is concluded, the ballots are to be destroyed. (C 257) CM 623, 625 Proclamation of the Election 218He who has received the required number of votes is to be proclaimed elected by the President. If the one elected feels that, for serious reasons, he cannot accept the office, let him explain the reasons to the electors, and, if they Structure and Government 243
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