Sec. 1. If at any time charges are filed against the I.P. and such are forwarded to the I.S.T. with the signatures of the L.U. president and secretary, and under the seal of five (5) percent of the L.U.'s comprising the I.B.E.W., the I.S.T shall immediately furnish a copy of such charges to the I.P. He shall answer them within ten (10) days. The I.S.T on receiving the answer of the I.P. shall mail a copy of the charges together with the answer of the I.P. to every L.U., and shall enclose a blank ballot, calling for a referendum vote on the question: "Shall the I.P.be upheld?"

The R.S. of each L.U. shall forward the result to the I.S.T within sixty (60) days from the date the ballots are mailed. The votes shall be published in full in the I.B.E.W. official JOURNAL. The ballots shall be enclosed in a sealed package and entrusted to the I.S.T. to be delivered to the next I.C. If a majority vote not to uphold the I.P., the charges are thereby upheld; and the l.E.C. shall then declare the office vacant and elect his successor.