Overview

• The BVB-Präsidium unanimously approved a hybrid voting option for all eligible e.V. members in the end-November election at Westfalenhalle.
• Members will cast ballots in person or remotely for the first time in the club’s history under the new system.
• Incumbent president Reinhold Lunow officially announced his reelection bid after the voting reform was passed.
• An anonymous letter prompted a compliance investigation into Watzke’s travel expenses that three internal bodies unanimously dismissed as contractually authorised.
• The Ältestenrat and Wirtschaftsrat formally endorsed Hans-Joachim Watzke’s prospective candidacy, foreshadowing a direct contest with Lunow.