Article 19 (1) regulates the elections within the CEC and states that a person is elected “with a majority of votes by members of the commission”. This should be clarified. The commission has nine members and one interpretation would be that at least 5 members have to vote for a candidate to be elected. The term “majority” sometimes means more than half and sometimes most votes (plurality only), so this should be stated clearly. If one need more than half of the members and not only of those present and voting, one should have a rule for what happens if no candidate obtains such a majority. One may consider requiring more than half of those present and voting, and if no candidates obtain that, a new vote is carried out between the two candidates with the highest number of votes and in this vote the one with the highest number of votes is elected. In case of a tie, one may call a new meeting with a repeat vote, and in the end a lot may decide. Even though one should try to achieve consensus or large majorities behind votes, one also needs to avoid stalemate situations.
