Summary

  • UICC’s 2026 General Assembly page gives two opening times for the same online ballot: 00:01 CEST and 09:00 CEST on 13 October.
  • The mismatch is in UICC’s public instructions; the material reviewed does not show when the platform actually becomes available or that any member has lost access.

The clock is now part of the election notice. UICC’s General Assembly 2026 page says voting opens on 13 October at 00:01 CEST in its timeline. In the FAQ on that same page, the platform is said to open at 09:00 CEST. Both entries name the same date and differ by eight hours and 59 minutes. The page carries a last-updated date of 20 August.

That is a concrete discrepancy, not proof of a breakdown. Neither statement identifies itself as superseded, and the page does not say which time the live voting system will use. It would be premature to call the earlier or later time the real opening, or to claim that the interval has already excluded a voter. The immediate issue is that the member-facing instruction does not produce one dependable answer.

The ballot itself has two parts. UICC lists 24 candidates for the Board, with each eligible full member able to select up to 14. The President-elect ballot is for one place among three candidates. Voters provide first and second preferences. According to the published explanation, second preferences are not used when one candidate has a clear first-preference win; they are considered if first preferences are tied. The page does not explain any further tie-break, so this is not enough to describe a general ranked-choice count.

Eligibility is also specific. UICC says full members whose 2026 fees are paid may vote; Associate members may attend as observers but not vote. The membership page describes voting as an organizational right exercised by the member’s leader or a designated representative. That is an internal association mandate, not a public ballot of cancer patients. The Board terms of reference likewise say Board members act in an individual capacity, not as delegates of their nominating organizations.

The candidate announcement reports 51 Board nominations and eight President-elect nominations, narrowed to 24 and three for the 2026–2028 term. The official candidate profiles give members a place to review the shortlisted candidates. Those counts alone say nothing about the quality or representativeness of the shortlist.

The General Assembly is UICC’s supreme governing body and meets every two years, according to its governance overview. For this election, UICC lists the virtual Assembly on 20 October, from 14:00 to 15:00 CEST. Voting closes at 14:30, with results expected between 14:45 and 15:00. The page says members can change their vote until the voting window closes.

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