246:. And declare that no member of a caucus may be expelled from it unless a majority of the members of that caucus vote to expel them in a secret ballot, the secret ballot is held after 20% of the members of the caucus sign a petition calling for the members' expulsion and deliver it to the caucus chair. The expelled member may be readmitted if either they win the next election as a candidate of the party, or if a majority of the caucus approves their re-admission in a secret ballot following a similar petition.
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