5. The employees present shall designate a returning officer and 2 deputy returning officers. The deputy returning officers shall draw up a list of unionizable employees and a list of non-unionizable employees present and shall proceed with the voting.The vote of each employee shall be expressed by means of a ballot worded as follows:
I wish to participate in the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan
Yes [ ] No [ ]
After collecting the ballot papers, the deputy returning officers shall count the votes and shall immediately communicate the results to the meeting. A simple majority of the votes cast shall decide the question.