Reporter 4/5/00: Bye-election of a student member of the Council: Notice

Bye-election of a student member of the Council: Notice

4 May 2000

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that, following notification that Ms K. J. Norgrove, N, is unable to take up her place as a student member of the Council, a bye-election of one student, elected from among all eligible students in the University, to serve as a member of the Council (class (d)) will be held on Thursday, 18 May 2000. The election will be held in accordance with Statute A, IV, 2 (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 7).

The elected student member is to serve for one year from 1 July 2000. The election will be conducted under the Single Transferable Vote regulations.

Voting will take place on Thursday, 18 May 2000 in Colleges. The hours of voting in each College will be determined by local College Returning Officers. The polls must be open for at least four hours within the period 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., including the hours 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.

In order to be eligible a candidate must be nominated on a nomination form sent to the Vice-Chancellor at The Old Schools, so as to reach him not later than noon on Wednesday, 10 May 2000. Nomination forms may be obtained from the University Registry or from CUSU or the Graduate Union. The forms contain (a) a statement, which must be signed by eight students eligible to take part in the election, certifying that they nominate the candidate for election; and (b) a statement, which must be signed by the candidate, consenting to be nominated. Nomination forms should be accompanied by a statement by the candidate for the information of voters.

The Vice-Chancellor will publish nominations as they are received. The complete list of nominations will be circulated to College Returning Officers for display on 10 May 2000 and will be published in the Reporter on Wednesday, 17 May 2000.

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