Elections
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Conflict of Position Form (coming)
Notice of Election
University of Melbourne Annual Student Election
2nd-6th September 2019
Notice is hereby given that nominations will open at 12 midday on Monday 22nd July, for the 2019 University of Melbourne Annual Student Election.
Positions to be filled at the election include:
- Office-bearers, committees and Students’ Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU), including the Burnley Student Department and the Victorian College of the Arts Department
- Delegates to the National Union of Students (NUS)
- Several vacant positions to be filled by by-election for the remainder of 2019
A complete list of positions appears at the end of this notice.
Nominations close at 12 midday on Friday 19th August.
Polling will take place from Monday 2nd September until Friday 6th September (inclusive). All students are eligible to vote. A detailed schedule of polling times and locations will be posted after close of nominations. Students may also vote by post – applications for postal votes close at 5pm on Wednesday 28th August.
Tickets: Any fifteen (15) students may register a ticket to run in the election by filling in the appropriate form. Applications for Ticket Registration open and close at the same time as nominations. It is not necessary to be on a ticket to run in the election.
Tickets that are running candidates for multi-member positions should also submit a form showing the order in which they wish their candidates to appear. Candidates running for positions that cannot be held concurrently should submit a form showing which positions they wish to hold in case of a conflict.
Ticket registration forms, candidate order forms and conflict of position forms must all be submitted by close of nominations. All forms are available from the Returning Officer or can be downloaded from the election website (see below).
Policy speeches: Candidates may also, with their nominations, submit policy statements for publication in Farrago and on the election website. Policy statements must not exceed 300 words for UMSU office-bearer positions or 100 words for all other positions. A photo session for office-bearer candidates will be organized after close of nominations.
Please note that all deadlines are strict and cannot be extended. Candidates are strongly urged to lodge their forms well before the deadlines. Nominations should be submitted at http://union.unimelb.edu.au/elections. All other forms should be delivered personally to the Returning Officer or an authorised electoral official. (The Election Office on the 3rd floor of Union House will be open extensively throughout the election period, and appointments can be made by phone or email.) Where this is not practicable, please contact the Returning Officer to make other arrangements. Do not post forms without prior arrangement, as no responsibility will be taken for late or lost forms under those circumstances. It is not possible to accept faxed or emailed forms.
Contact details
Visit the Election website: https://union.unimelb.edu.au/getinvolved/elections
Deputy Returning Officer: Stephen Luntz (Ph: 0438 667 787)
Returning Officer: Jaimie Adam (Ph:0430 734 043)
Email: ReturningOfficer@unimelb.edu.au or s.luntz@unimelb.edu.au
Mail: UMSU Returning Officer, c/o Above Quota Elections, PO Box 2157, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
Notices will also be posted on the Students’ Council notice board, first floor, Union House.
Positions for Election
UMSU Annual Election
Office Bearers:
President
General Secretary
Education (Academic Affairs) Officer
Education (Public Affairs) Officer
Welfare Officer
Women’s Officer *
Creative Arts Officer
Activities Officer
Queer Officer *
Environment Officer
Media Officers *
Clubs & Societies Officer
Indigenous Officer *
Disabilities Officer *
People of Colour Officer *
Students’ Council:
One representative of each of the following restricted constituencies:
Queer students *
Indigenous students *
International students *
Graduate students *
Students with disabilities *
Students of Colour *
Fifteen (15) general members elected by all students
Seven (7) members on each of the following Committees:
Activities Committee
Creative Arts Committee
Disabilities Committee *
Education Committee
Environment Committee
Indigenous Committee *
People Of Colour Committee *
Queer Committee *
Welfare Committee
Women’s Committee *
Burnley Student Department:
Campus Coordinator *
Seven (7) general Committee members *
Victorian College of the Arts Department:
Campus Co-ordinator *
Campaigns Co-ordinator *
Activities and Events Co-ordinator *
Seven (7) general Committee members *
* See restrictions on election
National Union of Students
Seven (7) Delegates to the National Conference of the National Union of Students Inc.
By-Elections for the remainder of 2019
Education Officer (Public Affairs)
Burnley Committee (2 to elect)
Restrictions on election
Any student may nominate for any position unless otherwise specified below.
The position of Media Officers must be held jointly by teams of three or four candidates. All other officer positions, except for President and General Secretary, may be held either individually or by two candidates jointly. Candidates who are running as a team should each fill out a nomination form and submit them stapled together, with a single policy statement.
If more than one person holds the office of Women’s Officer, one of them must be a Woman of Colour.
For all other committees, including the Burnley and VCA Committees and the general members of Students’ Council (but not the NUS delegation), at least half of the members (ignoring remainders) must be women, provided there are sufficient female candidates.
Candidates for Queer Officer, Queer Representative on Students’ Council and Queer Committee must be Queer students. (See Regulation 32.4 for further detail.) If more than one person holds the office of Queer Officer, one of them must be a Woman or Trans.
If more than one person holds any other office, one of them must be a Woman.
Candidates for Indigenous Officer, Indigenous Representative on Students’ Council and Indigenous Committee must be Indigenous students.
Candidates for Disabilities Officer, Disabilities Committee and the Disability Representative on Students’ Council must be students with disabilities.
Candidates for International Representative on Students’ Council must be International students.
Candidates for Graduate Representative on Students’ Council must be Graduate students.
Candidates for the Burnley positions must be enrolled at the Burnley campus. Candidates for the VCA positions must be students of the Faculty of the VCA and Music.
No person can stand for election if they are employed half-time or more by UMSU, the University, MU Student Union Ltd or related bodies, or any combination thereof. In the case of the University Council position that includes any casual employment with the University. No person can stand for an office-bearer position if they have already served two terms of office as an office-bearer.
For further information on eligibility to stand and to vote in the election, please consult the Election Regulations, available at the UMSU Office and on the election website. Copies of the Regulations can also be obtained at the Election Office, where further enquiries are welcome.
Jaimie Adam
Above Quota Elections Pty Ltd
Returning Officer
22nd July 2019
Declaration of Election – By-election May 6-8
The following candidates’ election has been confirmed by the Electoral Tribunal:
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)
Elizabeth Tembo and Dominic Roque Ilagan (Stand Up!)
Indigenous Officer
Jordan Holloway-Clarke and Laura Brown
Queer Officer
Andie Moore and Ralph Canty
No nominations were received for Burnley Campus Committee
Jaimie Adam
Returning Officer
About a Elections
May 14 2019
Previous posts here.
Notice of by-election