WHAT CAN WE HELP YOU WITH?
I am looking for a list of candidates for the 2012 UVSS Elections. Click here
I am looking for a copy of the Candidate's Platforms/Elections Supplement. Click here
I am looking for information on running for the UVSS Board of Directors. Click here
I am interested in running for the UVSS Board of Directors and need a Nomination Form. Click here
I am looking for polling information (pollsitting job, schedule, locations, voter eligibility etc.). Click here
I am looking for information on the Complaints and Appeals process. Click here
I am looking for all Elections related forms (Complaint, Response, Appeal etc.). Click here
I am looking for a copy of the Electoral Policy Manual or the Constitution and Bylaws. Click here
Any other questions?
Stop by our office in the SUB B211;
Call us at 250-472-4305;
Email us at election@uvic.ca
IMPORTANT DATES
Nominations Open: 9am on February 3, 2012
Nominations Close: 4pm on February 10, 2012
All Candidates Meeting: 5pm on February 10, 2012 (Small Side of MPR)
Postering Begins: 9am on February 20, 2012
Elections Supplement is Published: February 23, 2012 (with The Martlet)
Chairperson Debate: 1pm on February 24, 2012 (Cinecenta) - Hosted by CFUV and The Martlet
All Candidates Forum: 2pm on February 27, 2012 (Cinecenta)
Voting Opens: 9am on February 29, 2012 (webvote.uvic.ca)
Voting Closes: 9am on March 1, 2012
STUDENT ELECTIONS
The University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) is made up of the more than 17,000 undergraduate students at the University of Victoria including the twenty-one (21) members on the Board of Directors (BoD), who work on their behalf. Elections to the BoD take place in the Spring for the upcoming school year, and all student are encouraged to get involved and to vote. Sixteen (16) of the twenty-one (21) positions of the BoD are elected by all UVSS members; the Chairperson, the Director of Finance and Operations, the Director of Events, the Director of Student Services, the Director of External Relations, and the eleven (11) Director at Large positions. The other five seats are filled by Constituency Groups, elected by individuals who hold membership within those particular organizations.
Student elections are organized and supervised by the UVSS Elections Office. The Elections Office is an independent office of the UVSS whose mandate is to ensure that all elections matters are run democratically and in accordance with UVSS policy and bylaws.
REFERENDA
In addition to elections to the BoD, the Elections Office is in charge of running referendum questions brought forth by UVSS members. All members of the the UVSS have the right to propose a question to be considered via referendum regarding student fees, issues or other UVSS matters. Referenda may only be called between the months of September to April (inclusive) via one of two methods; a majority vote of a quorate meeting of the UVSS BoD, or a petition signed by no less than 10% of UVSS members. Referendum questions are normally posed to members in conjunction with the elections to the BoD (February/March), or as deemed necessary by the UVSS Board.
Students interested in submitting a question to be held via referendum must fill out and submit the following:
REFERENDUM FORM AND PACKAGE
REFERENDUM RESULTS 2011
Click here to see the results of the Fall 2011 Referendum.
Click here to see the results of the Spring 2012 Elections.