Live updates: Conclave elects the new pope

We cannot see what is going on in the chapel, but the voting procedure follows a secular tradition.

Nine cardinals would have been chosen at random to play specific roles:

In the order of seniority, the cardinals will go to the table in front of the altar, where the scrupoters sit to vote.

After all the ballots are sunk, the first scrutinator shakes the ballot box to mix them. The third examiner has the ballots. If the number of voting bulletins does not correspond to the number of voters, the ballots are burned and the vote is redone.

If the number is correct, the first examiner deploys the ballot, notes the name and passes to the second exam.

The second examiner notes the name and passes the ballot to the third examiner.

The last examiner reads the name aloud so that all the cardinals hear and record the vote. As its name is read, the scrutor films a needle through the ballot with the word “Eligo” (“I elected”) and secures it to other ballots.

After reading all the names, the cardinals learn if they have elected a new pope. For each round, the sewn ballots are placed in a third urn to burn.

The color of the smoke of this fire says to the world when there is a new pope.