Election Method 2

Election Method Two takes place in General Meetings when a post is available and is advertised one week before the General or Extraordinary meeting in which the election will take place occurs.

Those wishing to stand for election must fill in an Election Method 2 Nomination Form before or on the night of the election. Candidates need a Proposer and Seconder, who do not have to be present at the meeting, however do need to sign the Nomination form. Like Election Method One, the proposer and seconder must be contributing members of Cuths JCR, and may not be either the Society President. Nomination forms need to be handed to the SRO in the break of the meeting and in the second half of the meeting the elections will be held.

If there are less than enough or the correct amount of candidates to fill the position(s) it will be up to the members present as to whether or not they would like the candidates to hust. If this is a no, then the candidates will be elected into the position on a general aye.

However if there are too many candidates for the position(s) available or there is a call to hust from the members present each candidate will be asked to give a hust. The length of the hust shall be at the discretion of the chair, however usually lasts around 1 minute or so with a warning when the candidate has 30 seconds left. 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.

Providing a nomination form has been received by the SRO, candidates may stand in absentia. If you are standing in absentia, you may write a hust on your nomination form to be read out by your proposer.

Once a hust, if called, is completed by each candidate, candidates shall leave the room whilst all members present vote. The candidate(s) with the largest number of votes shall be duly elected. Please note abstentions shall be counted but may not negate an election, even if they are the majority.

Once a position is elected via Election Method Two, the position shall be assumed immediately and held by that person until the General Meeting where their successor is elected

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