Bureau elections
At the upcoming Congress, the following positions are up for election:
- 1 President
- 6 Vice Presidents
Delegates will be able to cast their ballot for the Bureau elections during the window(s) advertised on the programme. Once you have submitted your vote, you will not be able to change it.
As stipulated in the ALDE Party Statutes, candidates for Bureau “must be a member of, and be nominated by, their full member party of the Association that has paid its annual membership fee. The candidate’s Party leader, Secretary General or President, must send a signed letter of nomination addressed to the Secretary General.”
“The Bureau shall consist of 11 members, elected by the Congress, amongst whom a President, nine Vice Presidents and a Treasurer. Members of the Bureau cannot serve more than three consecutive mandates of two years each in the same position and no more than eight years in total. No more than 1/3 of the total number of Bureau members can be non-EU. Member parties shall be mindful of the aim for a gender balanced Bureau. The President and the Treasurer shall come from an EU Member State”.
Delegations
Delegation lists will close at 12:00 CET on Friday 26 June.
After this point, changes can only be made in the statutory exceptional cases of flight cancellation, sickness, or unforeseen political developments. In such cases, please contact the ALDE Party Secretariat immediately events@aldeparty.eu
Failure of the International Officer to assign all voting rights by this deadline will result in that delegation being unable to exercise unallocated votes.
To review the number of votes each delegation is entitled to, please download the delegation list here.
Timetable and Congress Deadlines
Please find a full overview of Congress deadlines available to download here.
Voting
The voting platform is accessible through this link or via the ALDE app:
More information will be provided during the event, and a test will be performed before starting the session.
What if I hold a proxy vote?
If you have been allocated a vote and a proxy voting right by your member party, after logging in with your personal credentials, your vote will count twice.
Voting rights were programmed into the system following the deadline on 26 June to submit voting lists.
Non-EU members may not together vote in any body or committee of the Association for a number of votes exceeding one third of the number of votes cast in each ballot. When applicable, non-EU member votes shall be subject to proportional reduction in the calculation of the results of the relevant ballot.
Procedures for the election of the President and Vice Presidents
As stipulated in the ALDE Party Statutes, adopted by the ALDE Party Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, on 28 May 2023 (art. 27):
Election of the President:
“The President and the Treasurer are elected separately, by a majority of more than 50% of the votes cast. If there are more than two candidates, and no one obtains more than 50% of the votes cast, a second round takes place between the two candidates who obtained the most votes.”
Election of the Vice Presidents:
“The Vice Presidents are elected on a single ballot paper. Delegates can choose as many candidates as they wish to up to the maximum number of vacancies to be filled. "
“The candidates with the most votes are elected in the order of the amount of votes. Only candidates reaching the quorum defined as follows are elected: 1/the positions available, i.e. that for 2 positions the quorum will 1/2 = 50% of the ballots cast (and not of total votes), for 3 positions 1/3=33,33% of the ballots cast, for 4 positions 1/4 =25% of the ballots cast, etc.”
“In case of only one vacant position for a round of election, the principle of simple majority shall be used, as is the case with the position of President and Treasurer.”
“Candidates failing to obtain the quorum in the first round can run in the second round where there will be no quorum. Those obtaining the highest number of votes are elected until all vacant mandates are filled.”
“If two or more candidates obtain the same number of votes for the last vacant mandate, an extra round will be arranged between those candidates to determine who will fill the mandate.”
“In the event that a sitting Vice President or Treasurer runs for the position of President, an additional mandate would become vacant should that person be elected President.”
In case one or several candidates miss the quorum, a second round of election will be held.
The returning officers will ensure anonymity of the votes by supervising the process and ensuring that the data is not retained following the vote.
Resolutions and Urgency Resolutions
Guidelines and online platform
The resolution guidelines with information about submitters, eligibility, format and co-signatories are available in the Member's Portal. Please review them before drafting or submitting resolutions.
Resolutions, amendments and urgency resolutions must be submitted via the online platform Open Slides. International Officers will receive their log in details by email to be able to upload draft resolutions upon registration.
Resolutions AND AMENDMENTS
Draft resolutions and amendments must be submitted via the online platform Open Slides by Friday, 15 May at 23:59 CET (see deadlines below). To be elegible, draft resolutions require at least 3 co-signatories from a minimum of 3 different countries. It is recommended that resolutions are no longer than 1500 words and follow the same structure (see guidelines).
Amendments must be submitted via the online platform Open Slides by Friday, 5 June at 23:59 CET (see deadlines below).
Member parties will receive a consolidated dossier of all submitted draft resolutions by Friday 22 May and of amendments by Friday 12 June.
Ranking vote
Delegations, via their international officer, will be invited to a ranking vote to determine the order upon which the submitted resolutions will be considered, discussed and voted at the online working group and plenary session at Congress. The ranking vote will take place online between Friday 12 June noon until Friday 26 June noon.
Online working group
During the week of Congress, an online working group will be organised to identify the resolutions and amendments that can be easily and quickly adopted in plenary, the resolutions and amendments that would require a debate in plenary before a vote and to start conversations for compromise amendments.
Urgency Resolutions
Draft urgency resolutions must be submitted via the online platform Open Slides by Wednesday, 1 July at 23:59 CET (see below). They must address political issues or developments that have arisen since the deadline for regular resolutions (Friday 15 May) and cannot exceed 300 words.
Oral amendments to urgency resolutions are possible at the plenary session.