Election Method 1

Sabbatical Positions, along with those on the Executive Committee and various JCR Officers are elected by Election Method One. These elections are held over a week long period and have set dates on which they occur in the year, available in the Election Calendar. The date of closing for submitting manifestos is announced by e-mail at least 7 days before the closing date, as well as being shown on the website.

Nominees must submit an A4 sized manifesto, incorporating a passport sized photograph which must be signed by the candidate, and by a proposer and seconder.In the case of Sabbatical President candidates may be proposed or seconded by any member in statu pupillari. In the case of all other Election Method One positions candidates may be proposed or seconded by a contributing member of the society who is in statu pupillari.

A candidate may not be proposed or seconded by the current incumbent of the position for which they are standing, or by the current or any former Sabbatical President of the Society. It should also be noted that candidates who already occupy an Election One method position may not stand for another Election One method position that would result in one person holding two such positions simultaneously. The nominee may include the name of any independent observer of their choice who shall attend the count however may not be a member of the candidates campaign team or campaign for them in any way.

Manifestos must be handed in to the Senior Returning Officer by midday on the day of closing. A candidate can either hand it to them in person between 11:30 and 12:00 in the JCR lobby on the day of closing or hand it to them beforehand. If requested, the SRO can sign a candidated posters beforehand however they will ot be handed back to the candidate until 12:00 on the day of close of nominations.These manifestos shall be displayed in the lobby of 12 South Bailey throughout the duration of the election and providing a copy os the manifesto as a PDF is sent by the candidate presented on Cuths website. Once a manifesto has been submitted, and the candidate has received and signed the rules disclaimer form and returned it to the SRO, the candidate may start campaigning.

For details on how you may campaign please refer to the Election Rules section of the website, a copy if these rules will be given to you on receipt of a candidates manifesto or before hand if requested and must be signed by the candidate. Pre Campaigning before this time is not allowed, either by the candidate or members of their campaign team.

Husts shall be held the following night in the either Cuths Bailey or Brooks bar at 7:30 pm. For the position of Sabbatical President of the Society husting shall consist of a speech not exceeding five minutes in length from the proposer of a candidate, followed by a speech of not more than ten minutes in length from the candidate. This shall continue until all proposers and candidates have been heard. Proposers and candidates may not be present during the speeches of their opponent(s) or opposition proposer(s). Candidates and their proposers shall be presented in alphabetical order according to surname of the candidate (if two or more candidates share the same surname, forenames shall be used to determine the order of their presentation). Once all candidates and proposers have been heard the candidates shall form a panel which will be open to questions from the floor that must be directed to all candidates and answered first by a different candidate each time if more than one have been nominated. Husting minutes will be taken by the Vice-President and posted on the voting site that night.

For all other positions elected by Election Method One husting shall take place in the same way as that of the president except that there will be no speech made by the proposer of the candidate(s).

Voting shall then open from 12:00 on the night of the hust and close after a 64 hour period. It is important for candiates to send their manifesto text and an 150 word summary to the SRO by this time to be displayed on the voting website.The count is to be conducted at four o’clock p.m. on the final day of voting and the result to be announced as soon as practicable (usually around 5pm). Society members are able to vote through e-mail link provided or through the Cuths website.

Election Method One shall be by Single Transferable Vote (S.T.V.) in accordance with the rules as set out by the Electoral Reform Society (www.electoral-reform.org.uk) by secret ballot. All elections shall incorporate Re-open Nominations (R.O.N.) as a candidate. Nominations shall be re-opened should no candidates submit a manifesto or following a vote in favour of R.O.N. the following week.

The result of the election for the position of Sabbatical President of the Society shall be announced from the balcony of Room 11, House 8 to the croquet lawn below. The results shall also be displayed immediately in the lobby of 12 South Bailey, on the website and all members shall be informed by E-Mail.The result for all other elections by election method 1 shall be announced in the bar.The results shall also be displayed immediately in the lobby of 12 South Bailey, on the website and all members shall be informed by E-Mail.

Candidates are responsible for removing their posters once the election is over.

A record of votes cast and a count must be retained for one week following the announcement of the result and may be made available to all members upon request in the presence of the Senior Returning Officer.

Those elected by election method one shall take up office following the consumption of the presidential pint by the net Sabbatical President at the end of the final JCR meeting of the academic year and stay in office until the consumption on the presidential pint at the end of the final JCR meeting of following academic year.

Rules and Regulations applicable for all Election Methods are available on the Election Rules page of the Elections section.