Question: I’m not sure I understand the rules. If 468 endorsements are enough for a nomination in Europe region, where have Mr. Donnerhacke (912 votes) and Mr. Bourkov (570 votes) gone from the final list? - Maksim Otstavnov , http://www.otstavnov.com

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Jeanette Hofmann - posted on 2000-09-11 14:34:50 According to the election rules, the ballot is limited to 7 candidates for each region. Since the nomination committee had chosen to nominate 5 out of the 7 European candidates, only 2 seats are left for self nominations.