RULE III: Elections
SECTION 1. All nominations for Deputy from the Diocese to General Convention shall be for the office of Deputy, either Clerical or Lay. Each qualified voter shall vote for four Clerical and four Lay Deputies. The four Clerical nominees receiving the highest number of votes shall be designated the elected Deputies, and the next four in order of votes received shall be declared alternate Deputies. The same procedure shall be used for the Lay Deputies.
SECTION 2. The Secretary shall prepare and have printed one ballot containing the name, parish, and town of each candidate for all offices to be filled. The order in which the names appear on the ballots shall be determined by lot. Under the title of each office shall be directions as to how many are to be voted for and that such vote is to be indicated by an X after the name or names voted for. As many blank lines shall be printed under each office as there are persons to be elected thereto.
SECTION 3. Whenever there shall be no more persons nominated for any office than are to be elected, the Convention may, by a majority vote, proceed to elect either viva voce or by ballot.
SECTION 4. In case of an inability to determine which of two or more persons has been elected to fill an office or serve as Deputy or Alternate Deputy to General Convention by reason of tie votes, a new ballot shall be taken in which only those involved in the tie shall be eligible for election and each person entitled to vote shall vote only for the number of persons needed to fill the positions remaining unfilled by reason of the tie votes, but may vote only for those involved in the tie. The votes shall be computed by the Tellers as herein above specified, and the results shall determine the winner or winners.