Election

Rules for the 2009 CSSU Election

For the sake of avoiding errors, the rules below do not include those set out in the constitution. It is strongly recommended that each candidate familiarize themselves with the rules in the constitution, as well as the rules below. The constitution is publicly available at http://cssu.ca/constitution.pdf.

The rules below may be modified at any time, up until the beginning of the campaign period, with those modifications taking immediate effect. An effort will be made to alert declared candidates if and when the rules are modified, but it is the responsibility of each candidate to periodically check for updates, and the lack of notification will not be a valid defense in the case of an infraction.

If any candidate acts in contravention of the election rules they will first (if appropriate) be given a warning. A second offense, or any offense that is deemed to be damaging to the fair outcome of the election will be met with the immediate disqualification of the candidate in question.

The CRO for this election is Jonathan Doda. Questions or concerns about the election should be directed to his email address, j.doda@utoronto.ca.

Deceleration of Candidacy

  • Each candidate must declare their intention to run for office before the end of the nomination period.
  • The declaration shall be made by sending an email listing the candidate's name and the position they are running for to j.doda@utoronto.ca.

Nomination Period

  • The nomination period will begin at 11:00 on March 9th and run until 19:00 on March 13th.
  • To nominate one or more candidates a voter should fill our the nomination form, available both here (http://cssu.ca/nomination-form.pdf) and in the CSSU Office, and return the filled out form to the CSSU Office (if the office is closed for whatever reason, it suffices to slip the form under the door).
  • It is required that all nominators include their cdf login on the form, so that their eligibility to vote may be established.

Campaign Period

  • The campaign period will begin immediately following the end of the nomination period, and run until the day of the election, March 27th.
  • No candidate shall distribute leaflets for the purposes of campaigning.
  • No candidate shall engage in any form of campaigning that would be disruptive to classes or interfere with student's course work. This includes canvasing in lectures or labs and also includes making excessive noise near lectures or labs.
  • Since the CSSU office will be used for administration of the election, the office may not be used by any candidate for the purposes of campaigning or planning of their campaign.
  • Prior to (or at any time during) the campaign period, each candidate may prepare a brief (no more than 300 words) statement along with a picture, to be posted on the CSSU website. These statements should be sent to j.doda@utoronto.ca and will be posted on the CSSU website at the start of the campaign period.

Advance Voting

  • Advance voting may be done by coming to the CSSU office between 3 pm and 6 pm on Wednesday, or between 10 am and 2 pm on Thursday
  • The voter must bring their T-Card and their cdf login.
  • The voter will be given a ballot and an envelope. The filed out ballot must be returned to the CRO before the conclusion of voting on Friday.

Nominees

President

  • Eran Henig
  • Justin Commu

Vice-President

  • Chris Semoff
  • Elias Adum

Treasurer

  • Eva Wong

Social Director

  • Sherry-Lynn Lee

First Year Liason

  • Balraj Jutla