Who has the right to vote in the election of a superior of a circumscription?
7.1 When an elective assembly is composed of members by right (the out-going superior and his council) and elected delegate members, it is only these members who have the right to vote. The General Council reminds confreres that, according to SRL 178.1, these elected members must all be in perpetual vows. The superior of a circumscription and his council are free to invite different people to participate in the work of the chapter or the enlarged provincial council, but only as guests, without the right to vote. 7.2 When the gathering for electing the superior of a circumscription takes the form of a general assembly, the situation becomes more complex. Since it is a general assembly, all the members of the circumscription, without exception, must be invited to the assembly appointed members (whether by origin or not), members by origin who have been appointed to other circumscriptions, those in temporary vows who are still in initial formation. However, in the spirit of SRL 178.1, onl
