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European Bridge League Statutes

Chapter X
Candidates, Elections

Art. 36 - Candidates; Ordinary General Assembly

Nominations for:

EBL President
Executive Committee

members must be in writing, fax or e-mail and be received by the EBL Administrative Office at least 60 days before the Ordinary General Assembly. The nominations will be circulated to the NBOs at the same time as the agenda for the Ordinary General Assembly.

The outgoing EBL President and Executive Committee members, in the absence of express renunciations, are automatically nominated for re-election for the same positions as currently held.

Art. 37 - Candidates; Extraordinary General Assembly

Nominations for:

EBL President
Executive Committee members

must be in writing, fax or e-mail and be received by the EBL Administrative Office at least 30 days before the Extraordinary General Assembly. The nominations will be circulated to the NBOs at the same time as the agenda for the Extraordinary General Assembly.

Art. 38 - Nominations and Presentation of Candidates

To be validly nominated the candidates for EBL President and for members of the Executive Committee must be nominated by:

the NBO of the country of which the candidate is a citizen. The NBO must be in good standing and must have paid its current and all previous years' dues,
or
the NBO of the country of which the candidate is bona fide permanently resident (and has been so for at least the last three years). The NBO must be in good standing and must have paid its current and all previous years' dues,
or
Nominated by the Executive Committee,
or
Be automatically nominated under Article 36.

A summary of the candidate's bridge activities must be attached to the nomination and must be circulated to all NBOs. The candidate must be physically present at the General Assembly at the time of the election.

Art. 39 - Candidates from the Floor

If and only if there are insufficient candidates NBOs may present further candidates on the following conditions:

Art. 40 - Restrictions on NBO Representation on the Executive Committee

No more than two citizens of any NBO may simultaneously be members of the eleven member Executive Committee (EBL President plus ten Executive Committee members).

Art. 41 - Restrictions - Professionals

No person earning a substantial part of his income from bridge activities, such as from the manufacturing or sale of bridge equipment, may be elected as EBL President or as a member of the Executive Committee.

Art. 42 - Number of Votes that may be cast by an NBO

For the post of President an NBO may cast up to the number of votes which it is entitled under Article 24. For the election of Executive Committee members an NBO may cast up to the number of votes it is entitled under Article 24 for up to eight (but not more than eight) of the candidates.

Art. 43 - Election - Duration of Office

The EBL President and members of the Executive Committee elected at an Ordinary General Assembly hold office for a four year period. They may be re-elected.

The EBL President and members of the EBL Executive Committee elected at an Extraordinary General Assembly hold office for the residue of the four years of the person or persons whom they have replaced.

The election for EBL President takes place before the election of the Executive Committee members. It is by secret ballot. The result of the election for EBL President is announced before the election of the Executive Committee members.

The election of the Executive Committee members takes place by a single secret ballot. The ten candidates with the highest number of votes are elected. In the event of a tie for tenth place there is a further secret ballot amongst the candidates who tied.