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► Election Timetable

AU Elections

The AU president’s job goes on offer every February where students enter the election race for arguably the best job in University.

Once you have decided that you would like to run for the job then you need to do the following:

Election Time Table

11^th January:

Collect Nomination form from AU office (also available on the web site)

18^th January:
Nominations Open

Begin to hand in all forms
Arrange a meeting to discuss your proposed manifesto with Richard Lancaster.

25^th January:
Nominations Close all forms must be in by this date

Hand in Nominations Form with 1 proposer and 10 seconders (seconders need to be involved in a sports club, Captain, Vice Captain etc). Please ensure form is clearly legible, all details have been completed and signed.
Hand in designed poster in both English and Welsh
- A4 English Poster
- AND
- A4 Welsh Poster
- OR
- A4 Bilingual Poster
- AND
- A3 Bilingual Poster
Hand in Manifesto in both English and Welsh
Photo of yourself
A cheque for £25 pounds for your campaign

26th January:
Nomination withdrawals

Nominations may be withdrawn up to 1pm on this date

4^th February:
Election week begins

Campaining begins
Candidates can begin going and talking to club captains, putting up posters and getting support for their campaign

9^th February
Hustings (in Management meeting)

Held in Dining Room C and starts at 1pm
Chance for candidates to stand up with their proposer and explain why they would like to become AU President
Students are allowed to ask questions of the candidate with regards to their campaign
F ormat:
- Each proposer speaks for 3 minutes on why they believe their nominated candidate should be elected (order is determined by surname alphabetical order of candidate). All are present.
- Questions are written down by the Management committee
- Three questions are drawn from a hat and deemed suitable by the returning officer.
- All candidates leave the room. In order each is invited back into the room to answer the selected questio ns

11^th February
Election/ Polling Day

Voting starts at 10 am just on the Fulton House foyer and closes at 5.30pm
You can set up camp where ever you want as long as its not on Fulton house steps or the digital media building and have appropriate permission.

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