Campaigning Regulations

A)Campaigning shall be defined as action taken in an attempt to persuade voters to support or oppose a candidate or proposition. Campaigning may only be done by students who are registered voters in the election (except for Elections Commission staff).

B)Campaigning for or against polls is generally discouraged so as to ensure that it is an accurate representation of student opinion. However, if it occurs, it must follow the guidelines in this document.

C)Write-in candidates, if permitted, must follow all of the campaigning rules.

D)The Voter's Pamphlet shall not be considered campaign material.

E)The Elections Commission shall hold a public meeting with all candidates, known campaigners, and proponents of propositions to discuss campaign guidelines after the as soon as possible after the filing deadline for all propositions has passed. The Elections Commission may set standards each year for approval of campaign materials and the actions of campaigners. Campaigning may not start prior to application dealine. Campaign materials shall include any printed or electronic material used in campaigning.

F)No more than fifty (50) United States Dollars (USD) ($50.00) or its equivalent shall be spent on a campaign for or against any candidate or proposition in any one election. Each candidate or proponent must submit an itemized account to the Elections Commission within 48 hours of the results being announced. The itemized account shall be approved by the CEO.

a.If any candidate or proposition is found to have spent more than allowed, their win will be voided. If a candidate has exceeded their spending limit their win will be voided and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes will be elected. If a proposition has exceeded the spending limit it shall be nullified.

G)Any candidate in need of financial assistance may request up to $50.00 from the General Allocations Board. Candidates are responsible for filing all paperwork with GAB. The Elections Commission shall not be held responsible regarding complications with this process.

H)Campaigners may not set up a computer for the purpose of getting students to vote from that particular computer.

I)The Elections Commission may set up computers for the express purpose of voting in common areas of the campus at any time during the voting period. The Commission may set a radius of campaigning around these computers, where no campaigning is allowed within the radius. The Commission may staff these computers themselves or may appoint people to staff them by watching the campaign radius and encouraging

people to vote, but may not give out any information regarding the election, other than what already appears on the ballot. These appointed people must be as politically neutral as possible and must not have engaged in any form of campaigning.