All 40 National Federations (NFs) will be represented by two delegates with 66 votes being cast by the 33 Summer NFs and 14 being cast by the seven Winter NFs.

A dozen votes will be cast by Executive members, while the one other ballot will be cast by AOC Athletes’ Commission deputy chair Kim Brennan.

The latter vote was due to be split with AOC Athletes’ Commission chair Steve Hooker, but he is counted in the number of the AOC Executive. 

James Tomkins, an AOC Executive member and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission member, is not entitled to a proxy as he will be overseas at a meeting of the IOC Programme Commission in Lausanne.

The elections form part of the AOC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).

There are a total of 15 nominees for 10 elected positions, including Presidential candidates John Coates and Danielle Roche.

Incumbent vice-presidents Helen Brownlee and Ian Chestermann will face the challenge of Andrew Plympton for the two spots on offer.

Plympton has been nominated by Australia Sailing and is currently an AOC Executive Board member.

Matt Allen is one of 10 nominees for seven Executive member positions having been put forward by Australian Sailing.

Among those also nominated are Mark Arbib by Athletics Australia, Craig Carracher by Volleyball Australia, Kitty Chiller by Modern Pentathlon Australia, Evelyn Halls by the Australian Fencing Federation and Rechelle Hawkes by Hockey Australia.

Completing the list of nominees is David Hynes by Baseball/Softball Australia, Nicole Livingstone by Swimming Australia, Michael Murphy by Gymnastics Australia and Danielle Woodward by Australian Canoeing. 

It was confirmed on Monday (May 1) that Tracey Gaudry will no longer seek a place on the AOC Board, having become the first woman to be named as chief executive of an Australian Football League team.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) vice-president will serve as the chief executive of Hawthorn Football Club.

Gaudry had been named as one of Coates' preferred choices for the AOC Board last month.

The elections will be conducted by exhaustive ballot with Ernst & Young appointed as scrutineers.

Both Coates and Roche have been invited to nominate a non-voting person to act as an observer to the counting of votes for the position of President.

Roche claimed earlier this week there is widespread support for "change and modernisation" of the AOC prior to the elections. 

In a blog post titled "My Vision for the Australian Olympic Movement", the Atlanta 1996 hockey gold medallist pledged to strengthen ties between the AOC and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), as well as the Australian Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Australia.

The AOC and ASC have endured a strained relationship in recent years.

Last week, Roche pledged to stand down from the ASC Board should she be elected AOC President.

She will be hoping to convince the 40 NFs who will vote in the election as she seeks to unseat Coates, President of the organisation since 1990.

The IOC said last week that vice-president Coates would lose his membership in the event he is beaten by Roche.

The Presidential election is set to take place at a time of turmoil for the AOC, with the organisation currently facing allegations of bullying.

Susan Crennan and Ian Callinan, two former justices of the High Court of Australia, are among a three-member Independent Committee investigating the claims lodged by former AOC chief executive Fiona de Jong against Mike Tancred.

The Committee is completed by Greg James and is expected to reach a verdict by June 1.

Tancred has temporarily stepped down as the AOC's director of media and communications while the allegations are investigated.

Four further allegations have been reported by Fairfax Media, with three unnamed women reportedly making either informal or formal complaints.

Ryan Wells, who worked for the AOC between 2000 to 2005, has also alleged he was threatened.

The Committee will only investigate the complaint made by de Jong.

Tancred has denied all allegations made against him.