Society Committee Elections are live!
Voting opens on 14 October at 10am.
Applications closed on 3 October at 3pm.
If your society committee has vacancies or was only set up after January 2024, you have automatically been included in the by-election to try and fill vacant committee roles.
In order for your society to continue from October onwards, you must fill all vacant core roles in your society (President, Treasurer, Secretary and Equality and Diversity Officer).
Key dates
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16 September, 9am
Nominations open
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3 October, 3pm
Nominations close
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3 October, 3pm
Manifesto deadline
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14 October, 10am
Voting opens
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17 October, 3pm
Voting closes
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18 October
Results announced
Committee checklist
What committees need to do during the elections.
Before nominations close
- Advertise! Get the word out about your election early.
- Be prepared to answer questions - you are your candidates' best resource.
- Share information about the roles leading up to and during nominations.
During voting period
- Host events designed to get your members involved with the voting process.
- Enjoy yourself! Elections are meant to be enjoyable.
- Remind your members to vote. They can even vote for themselves if they are a candidate.
Candidate checklist
What candidates need to do during the elections.
Before nominations close
- Choose a position. Research the roles up for election in your society.
- Nominate. Submit your nomination online by 3pm on 3 October.
- Submit your manifesto by 3pm on 3 October.
During voting period
- Attend election events hosted by your society to meet your voters.
- Enjoy yourself! Elections are meant to be enjoyable.
- Vote! As a candidate, you are still eligible to vote (you can even vote for yourself!)
Election activities
FAQs
We've answered some common questions to help you along.
View FAQs
Rules and regulations
- A student's race, background, nationality, gender, or identity should not impact their ability to join a society or run as a candidate.
- The student's study year or duration of society membership should not matter. It also doesn't matter if they have been on the committee before.
- A society is not allowed to introduce specifications to committee roles that might exclude, discourage, or be an advantage to a certain group of students.
- Committee members must not endorse, influence, show favouritism, be against any candidates, or try to influence votes for or against any candidates.
- Candidates are expected to conduct themselves in a mature manner. Poor treatment of other candidates or coercive behaviour aimed at getting votes is not acceptable and should be reported to the Union team.
Please note: Society memberships will be taken off sale during the voting period. It is your responsibility to ensure you hold the required membership to put yourself forward as a candidate and vote in the elections. Breaches of the elections rules by any member of the society should be reported to us at activitiesadmin@shu.ac.uk.
HSU Elections are running too!