Procedure for IOC's voting

MOSCOW, JULY 12. Following is the procedure for Friday's vote by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The candidates are Beijing, Istanbul, Osaka, Paris and Toronto and voting starts at 1400 GMT in Moscow's World Trade Centre. All 122 IOC members have voting rights. This number does not include President, Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch who would make only an eventual casting vote. Of the 122, three are missing from the Moscow meetings - Bob Hasan (Indonesia), Vera Caslavska (Czech Republic) and Lassana Palenfo (Ivory Coast).

Members from countries with candidate cities may not vote while those cities are still involved. This affects a further 13 members, which leaves some 106 members able to vote in the first round.

Voting is by secret ballot. Candidate cities require a simple majority - in this case 54 votes - to win the hosting of the Games. Should no candidate achieve a simple majority, the city with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and a second round of voting is made. This procedure continues until one city obtains a simple majority.

- Reuters

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