Barcelona To Provide Free Bus Service To Encourage Members To Vote

Barcelona will offer all its members the possibility of bus service to the Camp Nou on July 18 for the club's presidential elections, according to SPORT. To "facilitate and promote participation, Barcelona is preparing transportation from Girona, Lleida and Tarragona." The service is free (SPORT, 7/9). In Barcelona, Albert Rogé reported the club's board "decided to annul the vote of Johan Cruyff in support of presidential candidate Joan Laporta due to a technicality" (SPORT, 7/8). SPORT reported in a separate piece Barcelona members who show up to vote on July 18 -- a total of 109,367 are eligible to vote -- will need to present valid identification (SPORT, 7/9).