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 the Secretariat General of the Organisation for the Election. [The presence of] five or more members of the canvassing commission shall be deemed empowered to act.

Rulings of the canvassing commission on whatever affairs shall be in accordance with the majority of votes.

The ballot boxes and ballots which are to be used in the voting shall be as provided by the Secretary General of the Organisation for the Election of Members of the Chamber of Elders.

When the voting is to be open, the canvassing commission shall open the ballot boxes for the eligible voters present at the election venue to see that the boxes are empty, and shall then close and lock the ballot boxes until the voting is finished.

During the hours the voting is open, no ballot box shall be opened, save where there is unavoidable necessity, upon which the canvassing commission shall be permitted to open it without taking [any] ballot out of it and shall then close it as before. In such an event as this, the canvassing com-