L~ XI I. ELECTIONS Matho(l ot ft.laclJ.onll Rulo 56 Electlona shall be held by secret ballot., unl ••• t.h. Committee decide. oth.rwise in the caso of eleclionR to fill a plac. fOI which tha~. i. only ona candidate. Con(l",ct. 0' aloc.tiullll whan .only una olact.iva»lacti.l tJlll- fiUd 1. When only one person or membel' is to be elected and no candidate obtain. in the first ballot the 11ajority required, a .econd ballot .hall be taken, which .h.ll be restricted to the two eandidates who obtained the tiJreat•• t numb.r of vot••• If the 8econd ballot is inconclusive and a majority vote of m.mb.r. pr•••nt 1. a third ballot shall be taken in which vote. may b. ca.t for .ny .liqible candidate. If the third ballot is inconclusive, the n•• t ballot .hall b. rftHt(icted to the two candidate. who obtained the qreat•• t numb.r of vot•• In the ' third ballot and on, with unre.tricted and re.trict.d ballot. alt.rnatinq, until a ~er80n or member is elected. 2. req~ired, .0 3. If the second ballot is inconclusive and a two-third' majority 1. r.quir.d, the ballotinq .hall be continued until one candidat• •ecur•• the n.c••••ry two-thirds majority. In the n.at thr•• ballot., vot•• may b. ca.t for any .liqibl. candidate. I t thr•• such unre.t~icted ballot. are inconclu.iv., the n•• t thr•• ballot. shall be re.tricted to the two candidate. who obtain.d the qr••t •• t nUMber of vot.es in the third lIuch un~.strlct.l'Id bAllot, snd the followinq thr•• ballot. shall be unrestricted, ftnd 80 on until a person or memb.r i • • lect.d. CQJlduct. o! 11ec\;.i.ona,,11011 two 01 mOl'l .1ectiv.elllG•• AI'O to,_u.t.111ti1 When two 0[' more elective place. are to be tilled at on. time under tbe .... condition., tho.e candidat.s obtalninq in the fir.t ballot the ma10rlty r.quir.d shall be elected. It the numb.r of can~idat.s obtaininq .uch majority i. 1••• than the number of pel'8ons or mftmbers to be elected, there shall b. additional ballot. to fill the ['emainlng plnces, the voting being restricted to the candidat•• obtaining the greatest nwnbftr of votes in the previou.. ballot, to a ftWllber not more than t.wice the plnces remaining to be f111edl provided that, aft.r the third if conclusive ballot, votes may be casl for any eli9ib1e candidLt... If thr••• uch unrestricted ballots sre inconclusive, the neKt three ballot• •hall b. r •• trict.d to the candidates who obtained the grflatest number of votes in the third of the unrestricted ballots, to a number not. mo['e than twice t.he places ['.maininq to b. filled, and che lollowlny thrftft ballots thft[ft~tter shall be un[~8ttlcted, and .0 on until all the places have been filled. ·29- _

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