The conclave, in detail | How is the voting of the votes carried out?
Once all the cardinals have introduced their ballot into the urn, the first of the three drawers chosen by raffle moves the container several times to mix the ballots and then the last scrutador proceeds to count them. It is extracted from the urn visible one to one and places them in another empty container. If the number of ballots does not correspond to the number of voters, all must be burned and immediately proceed to a second vote; If on the contrary, it corresponds to the number of voters, the count is continues as follows:
The scrutineers sit at a table placed in front of the altar; The first one takes a ballot, opens it, observes the name of the chosen one and passes it to the second scrutador who, in turn proven the name of the chosen one, passes it to the third, which reads it aloud and intelligible, so that all the voters present can score the vote on a sheet. The same scrutator writes the name read on the ballot. If any ballot has two different names written, that vote will be considered null.
The last of the scrutineers, as the ballots read, drills them with a needle at the point where the word ‘Eligo’ is located and inserted in a thread, so that they can be preserved together with more security. At the end of the reading of the names, the ends of the thread are tied with a knot and the ballots thus united are put in a container or next to the table.
Once the scrutiny of the ballots are completed, the scrutineers add up to the votes obtained by the various names and write them down on a separate sheet. Whether there has been a potato choice as if not, the three Cardinals reviewers chosen by raffle control the ballots and the scratch entries. Just after the review, even with all the cardinals within the Sistine Chapel, the scrutineers burn all the ballots, assisted by the secretaries and the ceremonies, who re -enter the chapel at that time.
In the event that a second vote should be immediately proceeded, the first vote ballots are reserved and will be burned only at the end, together with those of the second vote.
