Reporter 2/12/98: Bye-election of a student member of the Council: Notice

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

The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that, following the resignation of Ms A. Langley, CHU, 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, 4 February 1999. The election will be held in accordance with Statute A, IV, 2 (Statutes and Ordinances, p.7). Electoral rolls of students eligible to vote, nominate candidates, or stand in this election will be available for inspection in the Registry or Colleges from 12 January 1999; any objections to the rolls must be made in writing to the Returning Officer at the Registry by 19 January 1999.

The elected student member is to serve from the date of election to 30 June 1999. The election will be conducted under the Single Transferable Vote regulations.

Voting will take place on Thursday, 4 February 1999 in Colleges. The hours of voting in each College will be determined by the local College Returning Officers. The polls must be open for at least four hours within the period 8.30 a.m. to 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 Tuesday, 26 January 1999. Nomination forms may be obtained from the University Registry or from the CUSU or 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 published in the Reporter on Wednesday, 3 February 1999.

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