V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v26;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Date: 1905
Source: Lenin Miscellany, Volume 26
Pages: 232-232

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[May 8 (April 25), 1905]
Winter’s Procedure*
1) The number of members of the C.C. is fixed, e.g., 5 or 3;
2) each person writes on slips of paper
5 or 3 persons, each submitting as many slips as the number of votes he has at the Congress according to the Rules and the
decision of the Mandate Commission.
3) All the candidates from these slips are entered on a list
with an indication of the number of votes received by each of them, even if
only one vote was cast for a given candidate.
4) This list is read by the persons appointed to verify the elections;
5) The same procedure is repeated, but only in relation to
the persons who appear on the list mentioned in paragraphs 3 and 4.
[6) The result of the second elections is considered final, i.e., from the
second list 3 or 5 persons are elected with the maximum number of votes.]
[7) In case of an equal number of votes, a second ballot is taken.]
6) The result of the second elections is considered final
in relation to the persons who received an absolute majority of votes.
7) The names of the candidates who did not receive an absolute
majority are announced to the Congress and a new second ballot is taken regarding them.
List of members of the commission for verifying the elections:
Alexeyev
Leonov
Lyubich*** accepted against one