What to know about Friday's FIFA votes

  - Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, a member of the Jordanian royal family who lost to Sepp Blatter in the FIFA presidential election last year and is trying to postpone Friday's vote because he wants (literally) transparent voting booths to be installed for the election. [Gianni Infantino] and [Sal...

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Published inGannett News Service
Main Author Scott, Nate
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published McLean USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc 24.02.2016
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Infantino, Gianni
Scott, Nate
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Summary:  - Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, a member of the Jordanian royal family who lost to Sepp Blatter in the FIFA presidential election last year and is trying to postpone Friday's vote because he wants (literally) transparent voting booths to be installed for the election. [Gianni Infantino] and [Salman] have emerged as the front-runners. Infantino has gotten the support of many of the nations of UEFA and CONMEBOL, the South American body, within FIFA. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Asian Football Confederation most likely will support Salman. Blatter had been suspended by the FIFA ethics committee for eight years and is not considered a nominee, though his ban was reduced to six years Wednesday. That being said, don't rule him out until they've announced a new president.