[Ashlar521]

If there is one black cube in the ballot box, the vote is re-taken, as there might have been a mistake. If, on the second ballot, there is a black cube present, then the lodge is asked, who cast the rejection. The individual is required to rise and state his objection to the candidate. The rejection must be a valid one, that did not come up in the investigation. If there are multiple black cubes, then the candidate is rejected immediately.

You are talking about lodges outside of Ky , right ? I ask this because , In Ky , it is considered unmasonic conduct to tell others how you voted and you can not ask others how they voted (this came straight from the Grand Masters mouth) . We can blackball or object to a candidate from moving through the degrees without giving a reason (again , out of the mouth of the Grand Master ) . This is the first time I've ever heard of someone having to stand up and tell why they voted the way they did . I'll tell you this , if I blackballed someone it would be for a good reason and nobodies buisness but my own . Having to tell the Craft why a person dropped a blackball defeats the purpose of a secret ballot .