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REQUISITES TO BECOME A CANDIDATE TO THE PRESIDENCY OR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section B of Article 40 states the requirements candidates must meet.
“1.- Must be Spanish.
2.- Must be of legal age and able to work.
3.- Must be aware of the need to meet his or her social duties.
4.- Must be a club Member of ten or more uninterrupted years in order to become President, and five uninterrupted years to become a Member of the Board of Directors.
5.- Must not be subject to sanctions that may prevent him or her from taking on managerial duties.
6.- Must not have managerial duties at other football clubs, or be an active player, referee, coach or member of a technical staff of a football club upon presenting his or her candidacy.
7.- Must provide a bank guarantee that meets the terms and conditions established by the 10/1990 Law and other applicable dispositions."
Candidacies to the Presidency must meet the requisites demanded in Section C of Article 40. Candidates must appear before the Board of Directors at the Club within the ten established days and deposit double copies of documents meeting the following requirements:
“1.- The listing of the candidate to become President and at least nine other members.
2.- Candidates must be subscribed to them by signing them with a legitimate signature and formally manifesting their acceptance of the proposition.
3.- Must be accompanied by a bank guarantee, meeting the terms, conditions and sum established in the 10/1990 Law and other applicable dispositions."
BANK GUARANTEE
According to the Statutes, Candidacies must present a bank guarantee, the sum of which has been established at 57,389,000€ (15% of the 2008/09 budget).
ELECTORS
According to Article 42, "the electors will be Real Madrid's club Members with a right to vote." The census will comprise 70,739 Members (175 of whom are overseas) by 14 June, date in which voting will likely take place. These voting Members meet the following requisites: they are of legal age, they have paid their club dues, and they have been club Members for at least one year.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Following the agreement reached in the 29 March General Assembly, the absentee voting system will be the same as that of the General Electoral Law used in the Spanish General Election.
Electors will only be able to vote through the Spanish Postal System (Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telegrafos).
"Those interested in absentee voting must request that the Electoral Board provide them with a certificate of inscription in the census and/or the necessary documents needed to vote by mail before the tenth day prior to the election. This petition may be made through the channels Real Madrid will make available to them, including Post Offices that will send the requests to the Electoral Board.
Electors will be able to use their right to vote once they receive the needed documents through the post.
Envelopes containing votes will be admitted in any post office. They must be certified, but no expenses will be charged. They must be presented within the opening hours of the Post Office and four days before the election.
Upon placing a vote in a Post Office, electors must show the original certificate that allows them to vote by mail, as well as their ID Card, passport or driver's license. This means voters must send their votes personally. Photocopies of the aforementioned documents will not be accepted.
Once the documentation has been accepted, the Post Office clerk must stamp the date on the certified letter and introduce it in a new and larger envelope with the full name of the voter. This envelope will also be stamped and sent to the Electoral Board.
The Spanish Postal System will preserve these envelopes until the election. They will then be presented to an Electoral Desk -assigned by Real Madrid- in the manner and at the time determined by the Club's Electoral Board."
18 May: Board meeting.
19 May: President addresses Electoral Board.
20 May: Electoral Board sends official summons to be published on noticeboard and in two Madrid-based newspapers.
21 May: Summons published on club's noticeboard and in Madrid-based newspapers.
22 May: Ten-day limit for presentation of bids begins.
31 May: Final day for presentation of bids.
1 June:
- If no last-minute resources are presented, the Electoral Board will announce the date of election will be held. If there are, there may be a two to four day delay.
- If there is only one valid bid, its members will immediately be proclaimed as the new members of the Board of Directors. If there is more than one, elections will be held no later than 15 days subsequent to the presentation of bids.
14 June: Election day.
15 June: Investiture.