This article on Soccernet mentions that Galliani didn't get relected. Anyone know who would step up if Galliani fails to rustle up enough support? And what the heck does the article mean by "five spoilt ballot papers"?
I don't pretend to understand it all, but they have tried and failed 4 or 5 times now (three times November 5 and twice today, I think?) to re-elect him with the requisite 75% of the ballots. There is nobody running against him, it's just that many of the presidents (new Fiorentina president Diego Delle Valle is pretty much the ringleader) are leaving their ballots blank in protest. I'm not sure what happens next.
From what I can gather, the FIGC (Italian federation) president, Franco Carraro, has been nominated by the clubs to run against Galliani in the Dec 20 election. The biggest beef of the anti-Galliani group is that the league president should not be so strongly associated with one club, as Galliani is with Milan. I suppose Carraro would be a good alternative in that regard, although I don't think he's done squat at the federation. I don't know what happens if he wins the election - will he have to resign the FIGC post, or can he hold both positions? Typically strange Italian politics.
It's never going to happen until someone steps up and challenges Galliani. Right now no one wants to run against him...