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How To Run

Elections 2023: Career opportunities for Edge Hill students

 NOMINATIONS OPEN 17 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH

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For a full overview of how our elections work, what roles are available and what roles you may or may not be eligible to run for, and a full timeline for candidates, download our Elections Guide for candidates.

 

While a considerable amount of time and planning goes into organising an election, the process of running in one couldn’t be easier.

 

Simply follow our quick steps below to ensure you are best prepared to successfully run in our election when voting opens on at 1pm on Thursday 20 March for 24 hours.

 

 

  • Step Two: Submit your self-nomination between Monday 17 February and Monday 3 March, including a headshot and your answers to the nomination questions. Quick Note: Make sure you are signed in with your EHU student account details when submitting your nomination. This is how we confirm you are a current student at Edge Hill University. 

 

  • Step Three: A Students’ Union staff member will be in touch to take you through the next steps of becoming an official candidate.

 

  • Step Four: All official candidates will be posted on the Students’ Union website after nominations close.

 

Remember, even once you have submitted your nomination, you are not yet an official candidate.

 

You are only an official candidate in our elections when you have been confirmed as one by a Students’ Union staff member. And you will not be confirmed as one until you’ve been taken through our nomination process, which includes:

 

  • Understanding what is meant by the term fit and proper candidate;

  • A full understanding of our Election By-Laws;

  • Confirmation that you understand the responsibility of representing all Edge Hill students, and the commitment that takes during your time in post.

  • Attend one of our Candidate Briefing Sessions.

 

So, just so we’re all clear: get your self-nomination in early because once you’ve submitted it, we’ll be in touch with what you have to do next to become an official candidate!

 

Campaigning

 

Campaigning will be both online and in-person. There will be designated areas on campus where you can do in-person campaigning. These areas will be made clear in the Candidate Briefing.


A key aspect to any successful campaign is the publicity behind it, and a student election is no different.


Using digital platforms and stalls successfully will be a key part in securing votes during your election campaign.


That doesn’t mean you should put too much pressure on yourself to become an expert campaign manager in the space of two weeks.


A lot of campaigning can be put down to persistence. Want to get your name out there? Be prepared to comment on all posts regarding the elections, to mobilise your friends online, and to saturate whatever social media you have with your election brand and campaign. Be sure to make your in-person campaigning as interesting to students as possible so that they choose to vote for you.


In general, the key thing to remember is to have fun with your campaigning. Plan everything, of course. Be surprising, definitely. But the number one thing that will stick in the heads of a student audience is content that is creative in its branding while still portraying a strong manifesto showing that the candidate cares.

 

Click here to download our Digital Campaigning guide.

 

NOMINATIONS CLOSE MONDAY 3 MARCH

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