Four of six candidates on Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson's ticket for the Reykjavik Theater Association board have withdrawn their nominations. Three candidates never confirmed their participation in the election.
Páll Baldvin announced yesterday that he and five others planned to run for the theater association's board. The election will take place on October 28. Páll's original slate included Karen María Jónsdóttir as vice-chair, Helga I. Stefánsdóttir as secretary, Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Ólafur Ásgeirsson as board members, and Magnús Árni Skúlason as alternate.
According to a statement from the theater association's chairman, three candidates never confirmed their spots on the ballot and requested removal. A fourth candidate later announced withdrawal from the race. Only two candidates remain on Páll's ticket: Páll Baldvin and Magnús Árni.
The mass withdrawal leaves Páll's election bid in serious doubt just one day after announcing his candidacy. Such rapid collapse of a candidate slate is unusual in Icelandic cultural organization elections.
A separate nomination committee proposed an alternative slate for the three-year term. That list includes Magnús Ragnarsson as chair, Björgvin Skúli Sigurðsson as vice-chair, Karen María Jónsdóttir as secretary, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir and Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir as board members, and Einar Örn Benediktsson as alternate.
The Reykjavik Theater Association is one of Iceland's prominent cultural organizations, managing theater productions and cultural events in the capital city.