{"id":766,"date":"2021-03-10T19:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T03:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ess\/?p=766"},"modified":"2021-07-12T19:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T02:14:23","slug":"ess-elections-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ess\/2021\/03\/10\/ess-elections-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"ESS Elections 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Guess what! It\u2019s time to pick the next ESS Council!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elections for the 2021-2022 ESS Council will be happening from March 10th until April 2nd, 2021. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The elections are split into two parts: first we elect the President, and then we elect the rest of the Council. A detailed timeline of the elections can be found below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Jessica Hubbs, our new President-Elect!<\/p>\n<p>The following positions are being elected in the second phase of the election:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VP Communications<\/li>\n<li>VP Corporate Relations<\/li>\n<li>VP Events<\/li>\n<li>VP External<\/li>\n<li>VP Finance<\/li>\n<li>VP Internal<\/li>\n<li>VP Student Life<\/li>\n<li>Equity Officer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You can learn more about the candidates running, and read their platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ess\/2021\/03\/28\/candidates-for-ess-election\/\">on this page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>Overview of Elections Process:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As mentioned, the election process is split into two parts: first we elect the new President, and then we elect the other Council positions. Each part is split into 3 parts: nominations, campaigns, and voting. Each part is designed to make the process fairly easy for the candidate, while ensuring that the process is fair. Basically, the candidate writes out a couple hundred words (see the Nomination Form) on who they are, and their platform when they nominate themselves. The ESS handles most of the advertising during the campaigns, and runs a Candidates\u2019 Debate event during the campaign (before the voting starts). The voting period is two days (for each part) and is run on the voting system set up by the Faculty of Engineering.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more details on this process, check out the Detailed Timeline and the Elections Policy (see the Links section) or send specific questions to the Chief Returning Officer (see the contact information under Questions or Concerns?).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Election Timeline:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div style=\"align-items: center;justify-content: center;width: 100%\">\n<table style=\"width: 605px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px;text-align: center;background-color: #ff931e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;color: #fff\">Event<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;text-align: center;background-color: #ff931e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;color: #fff\">Date<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 97px;text-align: center;background-color: #ff931e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 800;color: #fff\">Time<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open Nomination Period for President<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wed, March 10<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Close Nomination Period for President<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sat, March 13<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open Campaign Period for President<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sun, March 14<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Candidates\u2019 Debate for President<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wed, March 17<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6:30 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open Voting Period for President<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wed, March 17<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Close Campaign and Voting Period for President<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fri, March 19<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open Nomination Period for Other Positions<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wed, March 24<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Close Nomination Period for Other Positions<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sat, March 27<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open Campaign Period for Other Positions<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sun March 28<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Candidates\u2019 Debate for Other Positions<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wed, March 31<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open Voting Period for Other Positions<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wed, March 31<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 361px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Close Campaign and Voting Period for Other Positions<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 125px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fri, Apr 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 97px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:55 PM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note: the Candidates\u2019 Debates will be scheduled to work for the candidates &#8211; but will likely be at 6:30 PM PST.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><b>Links:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uvic.zoom.us\/j\/86178955904\">Candidates&#8217; Debate Zoom Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1NkXWZEmxDRMCFAb7gNc2kuW7PROHXu8-\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elections Policy<\/span><\/a> [Article 9]<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ess\/2021\/03\/28\/candidates-for-ess-election\/\">Candidates Descriptions &amp; Platforms<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webvote.engr.uvic.ca\">Voting Link<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Questions or Concerns?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please email me (Eric Power, the Chief Returning Officer) at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:ericpower@outlook.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ericpower@outlook.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with any questions or concerns about the election. My goal is make sure that the elections are accessible and fair, so I will do whatever I can to make them so!<\/span> <em>Fun Fact: Chief Returning Officer is just a fancy name for the person that runs the election.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections for the 2021-2022 ESS Council will be happening from March 10th until April 2nd, 2021. The elections are split into two parts: first we elect the President, and then we elect the rest of the Council. 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