Crucial vote for softball will take place on Friday, July 8 in Singapore
Friday is the D-day for softball. Members of International Olympic Committee will vote on each sport whether it should stay in the programme for 2012 in London or not. London was chozen on Wednesday during the same IOC session in Singapore from 5 cities: London, Paris, Moscow, New York and Madrid
This will be the procedure:
The IOC members will vote by secret ballot on each of the 28
sports that were part of the Olympic programme in Athens. The results of the
vote will only be announced at the end of the proceedings.
If any sport is not admitted to be part of the Olympic programme because it does
not obtain a majority (more that 50% of the votes), this sport will remain an
Olympic sport: it will remain on the Rule 46 list but will not be on the
programme for the 2012 Games;
If any sport is not admitted to the programme of the 2012 Games and therefore
the total limit of 28 sports on the programme has not been reached, there is a
possibility of another sport being put on the programme. In this instance, the
Executive Board will meet and determine which applicant sport (s) may be
proposed to the Session for admission;
The IOC members will then vote by secret ballot on the proposal of the Executive
Board. As previously stated, in order to become an Olympic sport, a 2/3 majority
is needed; in order for an Olympic sport to be included in the sports programme,
a simple majority is needed.
More information including full Programme Commission Report is available on official website of IOC - http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/events/117_session/full_story_uk.asp?id=1349