2020 RUSU ELECTION REGULATIONS
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RMIT Student Union - 2020 Annual Elections
ELECTION NOTICE
Nominations for the following positions for the RMIT Student Union elections for 2020 will open on 9:00AM Monday 7 September 2020 and close at 1:00PM on Friday 11 September 2020.
RMIT Student Union Council
- General Secretary (who must be an eligible student)
- Education Officer (who must be eligible student)
- Welfare Officer (who must be an eligible student)
- Activities Officer (who must be an eligible student)
- Sustainability Officer (who must be an eligible student)
- Clubs and Societies Officer (who must be an eligible student who shall be or has been an office bearer of a Student Union affiliated club or society)
- Queer Officer (which can be held by up to two eligible students running on a joint ticket, each who identify with different genders)
- Indigenous Officer (who must an eligible student who is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, who identifies as such, and who is accepted as such by the community in which they live or formerly lived with eligibility to be determined through the Ngarara Willim Centre)
- Women’s Officer (who must be an eligible student who identifies and lives as a woman)
- International Officer (who must be an eligible international student)
- Postgraduate Officer (who must be an eligible postgraduate student)
- Vocational Education Officer (who must be an eligible student enrolled in any Vocational Education programs or course)
- Brunswick Coordinator (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the Brunswick campus)
- Bundoora Coordinator (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the Bundoora campus)
- City Coordinator (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the City Campus)
- Brunswick Representative (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the Brunswick campus)
- Bundoora East Representative (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the Bundoora campus)
- Bundoora West Representative (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the Bundoora campus)
- City Representative (who must be an eligible student enrolled in programs at the City campus)
- Five (5) General Representatives (who must all be an eligible students)
Other Positions
- NUS Delegates – Seven (7) positions
- Catalyst Editor(s)
How to Nominate
Nominations must be made on the official Nomination Forms available from Monday 7 September 2020 on the RUSU website. Nominations must be lodged no later than 1PM on Friday 11 September 2020.
Nominations must only be submitted in scanned electronic format to rusureturningofficer@gmail.com with the email sent before 1PM on Friday 11 September 2020.
Download the RUSU Elections Nominations Form 2020
Download the Electoral Team Application Form 2020
Under no circumstances will physical copies of nomination forms be accepted.
*Note: A separate nomination form must be completed for each position. All candidates will need to submit their signed declaration of good conduct with their nominations. Declarations will be available on the RUSU website.
Candidates Student Cards
Candidates must submit a scan of their current student card with their nomination.
Candidates Photographs and Statements
Candidates may submit a policy statement and a photograph of themselves for publication.
Policy statements and photographs are to be submitted via Microsoft Word document only and forwarded to rusu.elections@rmit.edu.au and must be lodged no later than the close of the nomination period.
For Student Union Council positions, policy statements must not exceed 400 words for officer positions, 200 words for General Representative and NUS positions and 250 words for team statements.
Election Regulations and Constitution
The rules governing the elections are set out in the RMIT University Student Union Constitution and RMIT University Student Union Regulations. These documents are on the RUSU website.
Application to Register Name of Electoral Teams
Applications for the registration of an electoral team must be submitted by email by 1:00PM on Wednesday 9 September 2020
Team names and requirements shall be in accordance with RMIT Student Union Regulation 6.6.3.
A proforma for the registration of a team name will be available from Monday 7 September 2020 available for download from the RUSU website www.rusu.rmit.edu.au
Polling
Polling will be conducted electronically from 9:00 AM Monday, 21 September 2020 to 2:00 PM Friday, 25 September 2020.
Returning Officer
Gavin Ryan
Returning Officer, 31 August 2020
