FIDE would like to inform the national federations of the following time schedule, in accordance with electoral regulations article 5A, regarding delegates and proxies for the FIDE elections 2014 in Tromso:

a) By 16 June, FIDE shall send to all member federations, and publish on its website, a complete list of the delegates registered on the FIDE website.

b) By 7 July (Athens time 17.00), the President of each member federation shall inform the FIDE Secretariat in writing of any changes to be made to the list of delegates.

c) By 14 July (Athens time 17.00), the FIDE Secretariat shall send the final list of delegates, verified by the Electoral Commission, to all member federations, and publish it on its website.

d) From 15 July (Athens time 9.00) to 28 July (Athens time 17.00), the President or Delegate of each member federation shall inform the FIDE Secretariat in writing if they assign a proxy to a delegate of another federation (who must be on the list of delegates published in accordance with (c) above). Once assigned, a proxy cannot be revoked. After this deadline, further proxies will not be accepted, except for re-assignments as stated below in (f).

e) By 4 August (Tromso time 17.00), the FIDE Secretariat shall send the list of proxies, verified by the Electoral Commission, to all member federations, and publish it on its website.

f) By 8 August (and Tromso time 17.00): if (and only if) a delegate has been assigned two or more valid proxies, the delegate can re-assign the valid proxies over the one he is allowed to another delegate federation (who must be on the list of delegates published in accordance with (c) above).

g) By 9 August (Tromso time 17.00), FIDE shall publish the complete list of those entitled to vote, verified by the Electoral Commission, on its website.

The full detailed electoral regulations (which have been amended since the last presidential election) can be found on the FIDE website at the link: http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=4&view=category.