UofA Student Organization

Election Procedures

1. Nomination forms shall be collected by contestant himself or herself or agent from
   the secretary of electoral commission.
2. Nomination forms for Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretaries, Speaker and Deputy Speaker
   shall be counter-signed by 30 eligible voters who have registered in voters. For the purpose of
   security and accountability, the agent's name, ID number and signature shall be counter-checked.
3. Eligible contesters' names will be forwarded to the Administration Board for approval.
4. Every election except otherwise provided in the constitution shall be by secret ballot manned by
   the electoral commission.
5. The electoral commission shall be responsible for preparation of the nomination papers, ballot
   papers, and all election notices to serve the so membership.
6. Only the electoral commission members, contestant agents and sponsor will be allowed to be
   on the vote counting room and they shall be at the counting of the ballot papers.
7. The chairman shall announce and post the election results to the General Assembly of Student
   Organization as soon as the counting of the ballot is completed and the contestants signed the
   result forms—in all posts to be contested for and get majority votes which will be declared as
   a winner.
8. Appeal must be launched within 48 hours of the announcement of the election results.

Candidate's Qualifications

According to Government NOTICE NO. 178 published on 12/06/2009 on
Universities Student Organizations Regulations Section 9:

1. Any student is eligible to contest for any post in a student organization
   unless he or she
   • is charged with criminal or disciplinary offense or
   • has been suspended academically or
   • has been previously convicted of a criminal or disciplinary offense
   
   
2. 2. A student who contests for election to the major offices of the organization
   shall be a person:
   
   • of academic performance with a GPA of not less than 3.5 points (TCUUOA)
     or 2.7 points (UEAB) in the year previous to the election;
   • of proven ability to sustain leadership responsibilities without impairing
     academic performance;
   • of clean studentship record who has no record of disorderliness and infraction
     of University rules and regulations;
   • of no political party affiliation or allegiance; and
   • highly esteemed by members of the organization