Agenda
Make it Your Union
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• Introduction to LSESU
• Election Timetable
• Campaigning at LSE
- Street Campaigning
- Online Campaigning
- Hustings
- Manifestos
- Results Night
• Rules and Regulations
- Principles
- Budget
- Paper Allowance
- How to complain
• Q&A
LSE Students’ Union
Charlotte Gerada
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Introduction
General Secretary
Campaigning at LSE
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Feb 24th – Hustings – UGM + Quad
- Campaigning begins 2pm.
Do not publically announce your candidacy.
No open facebook groups or street campaigning.
You can tell friends and plan your campaign.
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March 2nd - Voting opens at 10am
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March 3rd – Voting closes at 7pm
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March 3rd – Results Night from 8pm, The Quad.
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- Launch Event, 6.30pm, The Underground.
-Candidates Breakfast
- Tea, coffee and biscuits will be made available from the Sabbs meeting
room every morning between Tuesday and Thursday.
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Election Timetable
Posters and Flyers
This can make a huge difference for getting
students to know who you are and getting them to
vote. (From what I’ve seen it’s the most important
thing!)
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• Don’t just hand out leaflets – try to engage
students.
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Be respectful and considerate.
• Be creative to get students’ attention! In the
past, students have used everything from costumes
and balloons to blow-up dolls and candy.
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• Anytime after 2pm Thursday, you can be out on
Houghton Street, in front of the library, in front of
the NAB, etc.
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Street Campaigning
Hustings
You can not:
•Exceed the allocated budget limit
• Act in an anonymous capacity, or pose as
another person
• Use an already existing email list
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You can:
•Use any website – twitter, facebook,
youtube.
•Email societies and sports teams to
request endorsements
•Email your friends
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Online Campaigning
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Thursday, Feb 24th:
•Sabb
Candidates: UGM: 1pm in the Old Theatre, with one
minute speeches followed by a Q&A session
else: 2-4pm in the Quad, with one-minute speeches,
followed by a Q&A session.
•Get friends to come along!
•Everyone
- Some societies/halls are holding hustings, see handout.
- Be on the lookout for invitations in your inbox.
- If you want to practice speeches come into the ARC tomorrow
afternoon.
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Word limits:
•Sabbatical positions- 200 words
•Other positions – 150 words
• The election system does not accept formatting, so make use
of (1), CAPS, --, **, etc for organization.
Please submit your manifesto by 11:59pm tomorrow,
Wednesday 23rd February. Email it to [email protected]
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• These will be published in The Beaver next week, on the LSESU
website and on the online voting system.
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Why students should vote for you?
Past experiences.
What issues are important to you?
• Relate to student.
• Be ambitious and realistic.
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Manifestos
Results Night
• Thursday 8pm in the
Quad.
• Last results
announced at 11pm.
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FUN!
STV Voting
www.lsesu.com/vote
• Any LSE student can vote for any position
(except AU Executive, where only AU members will be
able to vote)
• Any problems contact [email protected]
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• Online – Any full LSE SU member can vote.
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Voting
Gary
Mark
Phil
RON
Leroy
Mike
Chuck
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Our Guiding Principles
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Inclusiveness
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Accessibility
3.
Fairness
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Transparency
5.
Competitiveness
If you want to do something out of the box, go for it!
Election guidelines and rules change every year.
Just make sure it doesn’t conflict with these
principles. If you’re unsure, just ask for
clarification.
• 400 - A4 – Contested Sabb
200 – All other positions
• Paper allowance will only be for black and white
printing.
• “Candidates and campaigners may not use
paper other than that issued by the Returning
Officer or their delegate”.
• “If all candidates in that particular election agree,
candidates are able to have a paper-free
election, whereby paper allowances for that
election are zero”.
• All printing must be done in the ARC and in black
and white.
Budgets
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Paper Allowance
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Election campaigns cost money to run.
Submit receipts to the Returning Officer before 12pm on March
3rd.
Any non paper publicity comes out of your campaign budget – the
public price.
Costs incurred by your campaigners are covered by this limit too.
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Sabbatical positions up to £40
Part Time Officer up to £25
Candidates for all other positions up to £15
Home printed/designed t shirts have a notional value of £2 per
t shirt
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‘Free’ campaign materials widely available for free to students
from the ARC: cardboard, wood, paint, adhesives, chalk, pens and
pencils only.
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Any questions, ask the Returning Officer before you purchase (and
use) something for your campaign.
Campaigning Rules
But if your mum owns Cadbury’s you
can’t give out free chocs because she
gave them to you.
You would be charged for each bar of
chocolate at the price they would be
available to everyone else.
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You can make banners from cardboard
boxes and paint = YES
• After campaigning begins on Thursday at 2pm, you can wear
stickers, badges, or t-shirts anywhere on campus.
Lecture shout outs + leaflet in your class. Do not campaign in
School Buildings generally or wear campaign t-shirts in the
Library.
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On voting days campaigning is not allowed in computer rooms
(including the Library.)
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• However, it’s fine to walk to attend classes while wearing tshirts.
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FOR EXAMPLE
• Negative campaigning is not allowed. This is defined as
attacking the character or personality of other person,
implication by association or anything related to someone’s
private life.
You CAN use positions taken at UGMs, in The Beaver or during
the campaign.
• Music can not be played on Houghton Street.
• If you do want to do a distributive “stunt” email John
Bloomfield, LSE SU Head of Operations on
[email protected]
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• Societies/clubs can endorse.
• Media group & RAG can’t.
• All members of that society or club, and the
Democracy Committee, must be informed.
• Requirement – a vote of the existing Committee
in an open meeting that members can attend.
• Published on the website.
• Once an endorsement is made the club/society
can send an email around all its members
officially endorsing the candidate.
How to Complain
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Endorsements
Formal complaints: Please email [email protected]
with a description of the infringement and photos (if applicable).
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We will investigate the complaint, and respond within 24 hours.
• Sanctions that may be applied: reduction in paper allowance,
reduced budget, restrictions on internet and street campaigning.
Or even disqualification.
• You may appeal my decisions. Democracy Committee will hear
your complaints.
Alex Rodin
Democracy Committee Chair
[email protected]
Contact us at [email protected].
We’re always happy to explain decisions,
clarify rules and address concerns. However,
please respect that we’ve got a lot of work on
our plates over the next two weeks!
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Maira Butt
Returning Officer
[email protected]
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Contact Information
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