CAS to rule on transparent voting booths by Thursday at the latest ByPress Association Published: 08:31 EST, 24 February 2016 | Updated: 08:31 EST, 24 February 2016 e-mail The Court of Arbitration for Sport will decide by Thursday whether or FUT Coins must adopt Prince Ali bin al Hussein's request to use transparent voting booths in Friday's presidential election in Zurich.Prince.
Ali of Jordan, one of five candidates bidding to succeed Sepp Blatter, is seeking reassurances over the voting procedure for the election and had called for a postponement if his concerns were not answered.He took the case to CAS on Monday and the accelerated tribunal proceedings - with a decision on the eve of the scheduled vote - mean there will almost certainly be no delay in when the vote takes place. Prince Ali bin al Hussein is seeking reassurances over the voting procedure for Friday's election.
FIFA had dismissed Prince Ali's plea to use the transparent polling booths, but now football's world governing body has been asked to explain its reasons by CAS, which issued a statement on Tuesday announcing the expedited process for a ruling.Prince Ali outlined his concerns in a letter to delegates on Tuesday.
"The FIFA Presidential election should go ahead as planned but only if it is free, fair and honest," he wrote."Nearly two weeks ago, on February 11, I wrote to the FIFA ad-hoc electoral committee concerned about reports that voters would again be under pressure to photograph their ballots to prove that they voted as directed, as happened in the last election."I offered a solution to provide transparent voting booths. FIFA agreed that the Cheap FIFA Coins integrity of the election could be compromised but rejected the use of transparent voting booths."