This is the most common and straightforward rule for a majority vote with a run-off. However, Article 70 (and Article 88 (b) for repeat elections) seems to add another condition for a valid election, requiring the winning candidate to also win a number of votes higher than half of the voters participating in the elections, not only more than half of the valid votes. This would mean that even invalid votes are counted in. First of all, it is confusing to first define one criterion for being elected and later changing this to a stricter one. Secondly, it seems unnecessary to make it more difficult to be elected in the runoff. More than half of the valid votes should suffice.
