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VOTING ELIGIBILITY Clergy and Laity Members of Convention: The convention
shall be composed of the Bishop(s), every Presbyter and Deacon canonically resident in the Diocese on the first
day of January immediately preceding the meeting of the Convention (except that a vote shall not be accorded to
Deacons having less than two years in holy orders or to retired priests whose service in the Diocese was for less
than five years prior to retirement) AND three lay deputies from each Parish in union with the Convention and from
each Mission AND one Youth Deputy and one alternate Youth Deputy elected by each district convocation, at least
14 years of age and under the age of 20. (Article II (4), Constitution of the Diocese of Newark). |
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VOTING PROCEDURES
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