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moments ago. each cardinal went in and wrote his choice on a paper. that reads i elect as supreme pontiff the following the procedure is old and it is historic and it is well-scripted. they place that folded ballot on a round plate. they slide it into an urn. the votes are counted and they need 77 to find a new pontiff and they apparently did not have that. now what we re seeing is they have bound the ballots together with a needle and thread and burned them in the chapel along with a chemical that produces black smoke. so they have in the elected a new pontiff on day one of the official proceedings, that means we ll proceed to day two. tomorrow up to four rounds of voting will be allowed and again, they need that two-thirds majority of the 115 voting cardinals in order to get the new pope. if no one is elected after three days, the voting will pause. it s very early.

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