Nominations have closed for the 2008 Union elections. The battle for President is the most competitive, in what looks sure to be an interesting race. As always, RON stands for all positions. Look out for a brief introduction by all the candidates coming soon!
Six people are standing for President, with three others pulling out at the eleventh hour. Former DPFS Jon Matthews is standing again, after his unsuccessful campaign in 2007, as is Diogo Geraldes. RCSU President Jennifer Morgan and ACC Chair Luke Taylor are making their long expected attempts at the presidency. Edward Judge and Edward Hughes complete the presidential slate.
The race for Deputy President (Finance & Services) is less exciting, with only Guildsman Christian Carter standing. Mr. Carter is probably best known to the electorate as “the guy who posed in Felix naked with Davy”.
Three people are standing for Deputy President (Clubs & Societies); John James, Jessica Marley and Lily Topham are throwing their hats into the ring to take charge of ICU’s clubs and societies for next year. Ryan Dee and Hannah Theodorou are the only two people standing for Deputy President (Education & Welfare).
The race for Felix Editor will be close, with three experienced writers standing: Gregory Mead (current nightlife editor), Jovan Nedic (current sports editor) and Andrew Somerville (current news editor).
Two people are standing for the two available positions as Student Trustees: Jaimie Henry and Kadhim Shubber are hoping to fill these important roles. Three people will be unlucky as eleven people are standing for the eight elected delegate positions at NUS conference. Ashley Brown, Victoria Gibbs, Elizabeth Hyde, Chris Larvin, Jon Matthews, Jennifer Morgan, Kirsty Patterson, Camilla Royle, Rosie Smithells, Luke Taylor and Salman Waqar are all hoping to travel to Blackpool in April, along with current president Stephen Brown who has a place automatically.
Overall there has been no controversy and relatively few problems so far, although a number of people failed to reach the required number of seconders, either through standing accidentally or not knowing how to work the elections system in other ways. The date for close of nominations was the subject of some confusion - and a statement by Stephen Brown did not make the situation much clearer (being: "they close on Monday as advertised, but they actually close on Sunday"). One person in particular stood for every position, but only had one or two seconders for each. The login difficulties from previous years, namely the fact that the security certificate was out of date, seem to have been resolved, meaning that a higher turnout could be achieved.
Let the farce begin…
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