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What Happens During an Election?

1. The Returning Officer(s) who oversee the election processes will send an email to all students and post the Notice of Election information online

2. Students interested in nominating for a position submit their details, candidate statement, candidate photograph, attached endorsement, and if applicable attached ticket form via the online nomination form. Nominations must be received by the closing date advised in the Notice of Election, and all students who nominate themselves or are nominated by another party, must meet the eligibility criteria on the day nominations close. To be eligible for any of the available positions, you must be a student and have an ‘enrolled’ status, some positions require further eligibility criteria to be met,

3. If more nominations are received than there are positions available, then a ballot will need to take place. If the number of nominations received is equal to or less than the number of positions available, then the nominee/s will be declared as elected to the position

4. Candidate statements will be available online for students to review if there is a ballot and candidates may campaign using approved material to support their claim in the election

5. Eligible students will receive an email notification with a personalised secure voting link allowing them to vote for candidates in the ballots

6. The results of the ballots will be published online

Interested to know more about the elections?

Click here to get up to speed on when the next election will be held, and the results of the previous ones.

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