Thread by @jdflynn

Hey everybody, this is thread 2 for me from #USCCB22

Bishops will in a moment elect a new president and vice president.

Here's what has happened so far:

https://twitter.com/jdflynn/status/1592585456738512897

Here's a backgrounder for you on how the elections work.

It will answer a lot of your questions:

pillarcatholic.com/how-do-usccb-p…

Gomez is now explaining how voting works. Not sure if he read that Pillar explainer.

Voting will now start.

Here's the ballot:

On first ballot, +Broglio got 73 votes. Majority is 119.

They will vote again.

+Lori got second most with 37.

+Broglio gets 114 on second allot. Lori gets 45. It'll be a run-off on the third ballot.

*ballot.

Broglio elected president of U.S bishops' conference.

Bishops will now vote from the other 9 candidates for a VP.

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If no one gets a majority, they'll do it again, then have a run off if they need to.

There was a problem with the ballot. +Kevin Rhoades was on the ballot twice. So they're doing it again.

Between the two spots on the ballot, +Rhoades had 100 votes.

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Well, now we're waiting for things to be corrected.

Bishops are murmuring.

murmur murmur.

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+Gomez:

It's not easy to elect a vice president. Bishops laugh.

+Coyne asks how the nominees for secretary will be chosen, but ballot is ready, so Gomez says he'll explain it in a bit.

Voting now.

Because +Broglio was secretary, the bishops will elect a new one tomorrow. The committee on priorities and plans has to choose candidates for that. Word is that they've got em.

pillarcatholic.com/how-do-usccb-p…

The balloting system is not going well. Fr Fuller asks bishops to input their votes again.

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There was no majority on the first ballot, so the bishops will vote again.

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On first VP ballot, +Lori had the most votes, followed by +Paul Etienne.

Ok, +Rhoades and +Lori got the two most votes on second ballot, so there will be a run off.

Second ballot:

second (official) ballot.

JD note:
If +Lori is elected, he will be too old to run for conference president in three years. That will leave an open election, as was this one, instead of the customary choice of conference VP.

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Archbishop William Lori is conference vice-president.

A surprising move.

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This is very interesting, and Ed and I will break it down in analysis and this week on the podcast.

There are numerous implications to this.

Since +Lori is chair of the USCCB pro-life committee, there will be a vote tomorrow to replace him, and also to replace +Broglio as secy.

Bishops will now elect board members to Catholic Relief Services, their global relief services agency.

+Hartmeyer, +Seitz, +Taylor confirmed to the board.

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Time for a break and we'll be back.

By the way, @canonlawyered predicted the election of Lori on our podcast several weeks ago. There you have it.