What do you get when you lock 115 cardinals in the Sistine Chapel? A new pope! On the first day of the conclave to fill the papal vacancy, cardinals will write names on rectangular pieces of paper until one candidate receives the 77 votes needed to clinch the spot. Tuesday there's only one round of balloting. On each successive day, there will be two rounds in the morning, and two in the evening. The candidates will accumulate votes over the course of the conclave. Once counted, the ballots are burned in an oven in the Sistine Chapel with chemicals. If the smoke is black (as it's expected to be on Tuesday), there's no result and voting continues. If it's white, then it's time to party—there's a new pope in town.
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