General Elections 2012

This page serves as a resource for the URSU General Elections from March 19 to March 22, 2012. This page includes guidelines, regulations and information for those seeking candidacy in the election. Should you have any outstanding questions or comments, please contact the Chief Returning Officer, Heath Packman, at cro@ursu.ca.

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General Elections Information

➤ Chief Returning Officer (CRO)

To maintain a fair and democratic process, URSU is required to hire a Chief Returning Officer to oversee the election process. This person is in charge of ensuring that URSU Election By-laws are followed and that any disputes and conflicts are dealt with properly.

You may contact the CRO, Heath Packman, at cro@ursu.ca.

➤ Positions

The purpose of this election is to fill all representative positions of the University of Regina Students' Union. 
 

• President
• Vice-President Student Affairs
• Vice-President Operations and Finance
• Vice-President External Affairs
• Director – Aboriginal Students’
• Director – Arts Students’
• Director – Business Students’
• Director – Differently-abled Students'
• Director – Education Students’
• Director – First Nations University Students’
• Director – Francophone Students’
• Director – Graduate Students’
• Director – International Students’
• Director – Kinesiology & Health Studies Students’
• Director – LGBTQ Students’
• Director – Luther Students’
• Director – Women
• Senate (6)
• Executive of Council (6)

The following Director positions are appointed by members of their respective constituencies:

• Director – Campion Students'
• Director – Engineering Students'
• Director – Fine Arts Students'
• Director – Science Students'
• Director – Social Work Students’
• Director – Canadian Federation of Students Liaison

➤ Nomination Period

Nominations for the election will begin: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:30AM
Nominations for the election will end: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 11:59PM

Please download the URSU General Elections 2012 package from the menu on the right.

➤ Campaigning Period

Campaigning for the election will begin March 6, 2012 after the Candidates Meeting and will end on Mar 19, 2012 at 11:00PM.


➤ Polling Period

Advance Polling for the election will be on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 9:00AM. The regular polling days will start on Tuesday, March 20th at 12:00AM and end on March 22, 2012 at 5:00PM.

➤ Poster Regulations

• The number of posters a student may use is 50.
• Posters are not to exceed the dimensions of 11 X 17 as per the poster policy of URSU.
• Posters may be in full colour
• Slates/students may print multiple posters and rotate them around campus if they wish so long as they have been approved prior to hanging by the CRO, do not exceed the limit of 50, and conform to the URSU poster policy. (if you are rotating posters or taking down one series of posters to replace with others please advise the CRO of this as well)
• If candidates/slates have posters they have not used they must still be claimed as an election expense. Campaigns are encouraged to print more than the limit of 50 just in case of damage
• Banners are permitted but are counted towards your poster limit in 11X17 blocks
• Students whom are part of a slate are still limited to their own 50 posters. If a slate wants to create a poster of its candidates it must draw from the pool of its members in contested seats. Meaning if a student slate (i.e. “Democratic Union”) consisted of 6(six) students they would have a total of 300 posters. However, if two of those students, who were part of the slate, were not in contested seats and acclaimed then the total number of posters available to the slate is reduced to 200, (4 candidates in contested seat x 50 posters each)
• Each of those students (in contested positions) could donate to the slate as many posters as they wished but each member of the slate will have to account how those are allocated. So for example if the 4 students running under the slate name “Democratic Union” decided to print 40 posters each for their own campaign, and then participate in a slate poster and donate 10 posters each from their own pool to a slate poster that is okay. Alternatively if the 4 members of a slate want all of their posters to be slate posters then the “Democratic Union” slate could have 200 posters on campus
• Students and slates must clearly identify what positions each candidate is seeking and cannot use one poster to campaign for multiple elections. Meaning, Candidate X must print separate posters for i.e. President, Executive Council, and Senate. It is permissible for these posters to be of the exact same design, but just different text indicating which of the three positions Candidate X is seeking.
• Students participating in a slate must clearly identify their election expenses and how costs have been shared among students participating in a slate. Many slates simply divide costs evenly among their members