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Article LXVI.—The Chairman of Election shall nominate from among the electors of the different election districts not less than three and not more than seven election witnesses and shall summon them to attend the election meeting on the day when it is held, by giving notice of the day of the meeting to the said witnesses at least three days beforehand.

An election witness cannot resign the nomination without proper reasons.

Article LXVII.—The Chairman of Election shall keep minutes of the election, in which shall be recorded all matters relating to the election meeting, and shall preserve them together with the returns mentioned in Article LXI, during the tenure of office of the members, after affixing his signature and those of the witnesses.

Article LXVIII.—The electors may request admission to the election meeting of their respective election districts.

Article LXIX.—For the control of the place of the election meeting the provisions of Chapter V shall be applied.

Article LXX.—The individual who has obtained a relative majority of the total number of valid ballots shall be declared the elected person. However the number of ballots obtained shall not be less than one-fifth of that obtained by dividing the total number of the electors entered in the electoral list by the fixed number of members to be returned from the district.

When an elected person mentioned in the preceding clause either declines the election or dies previous to the issue of the notice of election; or when his election has been invalidated in consequence of his having been punished for an offence committed in connection with the election either before or after the issue of the notice of election; or when the election has been invalidated by his having been disqualified for election, the vacancy shall be filled from among those who obtained ballots as mentioned in the preceding clause but who were not declared elected, the selection to be made according to the relative majority of ballots obtained.

Besides the cases mentioned in the preceding clause, when it is found necessary according to the issue of a suit either about election or about returns, the elected person shall be decided anew according to the precedents mentioned in the present Article.

The provisions of Article VII shall also be applied to cases coming under the preceding two clauses.