If the new pope resigns or dies in 5 years...

[LiberalFighter]

There will be 43 additional Cardinals ineligible to vote. I'm guessing there will be at least 14 new Cardinals installed by that time with as many as 49.

Breakdown by age

50-54 -- 1
55-59 -- 4
60-64 -- 12
65-69 -- 26
70-74 -- 27
75-79 -- 43
80-84 -- 40
85-89 -- 35
90-94 -- 11
95-99 -- 3

[Tx4obama]

1. For the folks that do not know... Cardinals over the age of 80 can't vote

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Other important changes were made by Pope Paul VI. In his Apostolic Constitution “Romano Pontifici Eligendo,” promulgated on October 1, 1975, he excluded from voting all cardinals who were over 80 years old. Because many cardinals were indeed quite old, this was a controversial step, but it has since been accepted.

What is important about this change was not so much the specific age chosen, but rather the fact that it introduced the idea that the office of cardinal did not give one the automatic right to participate in the election of a new pope. This is perhaps what outraged many cardinals at the time; at some point in the future, this principle could be used as the basis for further changes by once again allowing non-cardinals to vote for pope.

One question raised by this decision was whether a pope who reached the age of eighty needed to step down — after all, if over-eighties could not be entrusted with the power to elect a pope, how could they be entrusted with the power of a pope? This is a legitimate question which has not been entirely answered, except perhaps to say that limiting the power of the cardinals was pragmatic, political move which need not be made when it comes to the papacy. This is a legitimate argument, but it underscores the fact that the choice of pope is as much political as it is religious, something which defenders of orthodoxy don’t always want to acknowledge too publicly.

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http://atheism.about.com/od/papalelections/a/conclave_2.htm

[ellisonz]

2. That's interesting and goes with the line that this is the old guard trying to hold the line.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Here is a breakdown by continent.

First column are electors -- Second column are totals

EUROPE [font color=white]AMERICAAA[/font]60 (18 countries)[font color=white]AMERC[/font]113 (23 countries)
NORTH AMERICA[font color=white]AME[/font]17 (3 countries)[font color=white]AMERCA[/font] 26 (3 countries)
CENTRAL AMERICA[font color=white]A[/font] 3 (3 countries)[font color=white]AMERCAAA[/font]4 (4 countries)
SOUTH AMERICA[font color=white]AME[/font]12 (8 countries)[font color=white]AMERCA[/font] 21 (8 countries)
ASIA[font color=white]AMERICAAAAAA[/font]11 (7 countries) [font color=white]AMERCA[/font]20 (10 countries)
OCEANIA[font color=white]AMERICAAAA[/font]1 (1 country)[font color=white]AMERCAAA[/font]4 (2 countries)
AFRICA[font color=white]AMERICAAAA[/font]11 (10 countries)[font color=white]AMERCA[/font]18 (16 countries)
ALL[font color=white]AMERCAAAAAA[/font]115 (50 countries)[font color=white]AMERCA[/font]206 (66 countries)