Elections
Referendum: Student Court
Edit, Jan 21 2:30am: Much like the House and Senate reconciliate on health care reform, we misinterpreted how the original two questions were to be merged. The Chief Justice will still be required to be a third year law student if this referendum passes. Thanks for the comments, all. Keeps us on our toes. On [...]
How to Cast Your Ballot This Year
With voting for AMS Elections opening in just over one week, we sat down with Ricardo Bortolon, Chief Returning Officer, to get the details on how students will be voting. In summary, the key points for this year are: 1. No paper balloting (except affiliated colleges) 2. 15 minute voting time limit – research candidates [...]
Two New Student Court Bylaw Questions
The newly formed AMS Legislative Procedures committee has ruled, and the chair of Council has upheld an interpretation of a March 2009 motion of AMS council to add two questions to the referendum ballot. They interpreted the following resolution of council, brought forward by former Law councillor Clare Benton: “That on the recommendation of the [...]
EA Clarifies Endorsement Ruling
From the Elections Administrator last Sunday: I have decided to allow club/group etc members to attach their title to their name when they endorse candidates, PROVIDED that they state that their opinion is their own and does not reflect upon the group they are a part of. (this is, of course, if the group decides [...]
Three Candidates Drop Out of BoG Race
Less than 24 hours after the All-Candidates Meeting, the first withdrawals have occurred, all in the race for Board of Governors. The info was tweeted earlier today by Elections Administrator Isabel Ferreras. Statements from the former candidates about their decision to withdraw: Peter Stein: “By observing others I’ve noted that in many cases, unless it’s [...]
2010 Elections All Candidates Meeting
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GSS Elections: Nominations Now Open!
AMS elections aren’t the only game in town right now. The GSS is also gearing up now for their executive elections this month. Are you graduate student? Are you interested in helping your fellow graduate students and representing them at the University, Government, and public level? If so… The Graduate Student Society (GSS) of UBC-Vancouver [...]
AMS Elections Nominations Open Today
Do you find yourself suddenly interested in the AMS? What good timing, because the AMS Elections Administrator has an announcement to make… AMS Elections Nominations Now Open! Are you interested in playing an integral role in the administration of UBC’s highest-governing student body? The AMS is currently accepting nominations for various positions on Council. The [...]
AUS Election Results
The AUS Elections happened quite recently, and the results are posted below. I’m a little bit saddened, in general, by elections of both the AUS and SUS- a fair number of the positions this year were uncontested or were yes/no votes. In fact, the UBC Debate Society’s election was more contested than either election (only [...]
SUS Elections
Results are as follows: PresidentJimmy Yan VP InternalAmandeep Sehra VP ExternalSumedha Sharma Director of AdministrationJennifer Fong Director of FinanceJustin Yang Director of SportsSoroush Liaghat Public Relations OfficerAnnie Yun SenatorBryan Tomlinson Social CoordinatorEugene Wong AMS RepresentativesTahara BhateMaria CirsteaJustin YangAaron Sihota
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