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Virgílio Duque Vieira, president of the Board of Directors of the Benfica General Assembly, issued, through the club’s website, a clarification on the electoral act scheduled for next October, specifically regarding the computer system that supports electronic voting.
Full note:
Taking into account that three of the candidates announced for the elections of the governing bodies of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, which will be held next October, recently addressed me, expressing concern about the course of the electoral process, that is, Regarding the reliability of the computer system that supports electronic voting, it is up to me, as acting president of the General Assembly, to know the questions raised and do everything possible so that the vote is carried out with the greatest transparency and allows wide participation. of the members of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
Therefore, it is important to provide the following clarifications:
1. Since 2006, the deliberations of the General Assembly, as well as the votes for the election of the Club’s governing bodies, have been carried out by electronic voting and, it should be noted, the members in general have won the peaceful acceptance of the results obtained. In fact, in that year 2006, the computer system, which is still maintained today, was later verified by the National Electoral Commission, which gave its consent.
2. In view of the questions raised, that is, regarding the confidentiality of the vote, the impossibility of multiple voting and the guarantee of counting votes in case of need, the Club’s IT services explained to me how the whole system works and they were guarantees its reliability, an essential condition for elections to be carried out with the utmost transparency and seriousness.
3. In any case, and as in the case of previous electoral acts, once the different candidatures have been formalized and accepted, I will invite each of them to nominate a computer technician to monitor the entire system with the services on their behalf. computer scientists. of the Club, as well as follow up with them on the voting process on election day.
4. Likewise, I will also invite a representative from each of the candidatures to a presentation on the entire voting procedure, that is, with regard to ensuring the confidentiality of the option chosen by each partner.
5. In order to guarantee the strict identification of the voters, before the actual voting, the face-to-face accreditation of each person will be done through the respective membership card accompanied by a valid official document with a photograph (eg, Card citizen, passport, driving license). Indeed, voting in the different polling stations is carried out individually by each of the voters, especially because it constitutes a disciplinary offense. [artigo 28.º, alínea c) dos Estatutos] assignment for any purpose of the membership card.
6. As in the last four electoral acts, the voting for the month of October will be carried out by electronic means, thus ensuring greater efficiency, speed in voting and a rapid tabulation of the results.
7. Even so, so that, on the one hand, there are no doubts among fans about the veracity and seriousness of the vote and the final results obtained, and, on the other, so that it is easier to carry out a possible vote count in case of necessity, a team will be attached that will print the number of votes and the voted application in each computer point where the members will vote. The aforementioned paper vote will be deposited in a ballot box, thus ending the individual voting procedure.
8. In addition, it should be noted that, in all polling stations, the various contestant candidates may be represented by a delegate of the respective candidacy (up to three at headquarters), who must have the status of voting partner and appear at the duly accredited place by the Board of the General Meeting.
9. Finally, I inform you that I am carrying out negotiations with the Club’s media, that is, with BTV, so that airtime is granted to each of the applications submitted and accepted, so that the members of the Club clarify their purposes.
Lisbon, September 4, 2020
The Chairman of the Board of the General Meeting (on site), Virgílio Duque Vieira
