Which Candidate Should the ECF Support in the FIDE Presidential Election?

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Which Candidate Should the ECF Support in the FIDE Presidential Election?

Poll ended at Tue May 08, 2018 10:47 pm

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
1
2%
Georgios Makropoulos
8
14%
Nigel Short
33
59%
None of the Above
14
25%
 
Total votes: 56

Julie Denning
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Re: Which Candidate Should the ECF Support in the FIDE Presidential Election?

Post by Julie Denning » Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:51 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:21 pm

Am I right in thinking that to win the first ballot you need at least 50% of the votes? Unless one candidate then withdraws, all three remain for the second ballot, with the winner now being the one with the most votes.
The FIDE Regulations don't seem to specify what happens beyond a first ballot, but I have put this question to Malcolm who informed me that the bottom candidate drops out. No doubt Nick Faulks can also confirm this.

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Re: Which Candidate Should the ECF Support in the FIDE Presidential Election?

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:10 pm

Julie Denning wrote:
Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:51 pm
No doubt Nick Faulks can also confirm this.
No I can't, but I am pursuing it. After the huge legal costs wasted on haggling with Kasparov's American lawyers in Istanbul on every word of the Statutes, surely this basic point was not missed?
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Re: Which Candidate Should the ECF Support in the FIDE Presidential Election?

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:12 pm

Tim Harding wrote:
Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:37 pm
Can we please transfer all discussions from here onwards to the new (Take Two) thread please?
Seconded.
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Re: Which Candidate Should the ECF Support in the FIDE Presidential Election?

Post by Carl Hibbard » Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:38 pm

Topic closed refer to the Take 2 thread please.

I might even merge the two but that would probably get incredibly messy.
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