All Student Vote

Quorate means having a certain number of students in attendance to make decisions and vote on ideas and policy proposals.

The quorum for the All Student Vote as outlined in the Guild of Students Bye-Laws (5.2.2.4.) shall be 1% of the current Full Members of the Guild, calculated at the start of the Academic Year. For this year, quoracy is '428’.

This means that In order for a Complex Idea or Guild Policy to pass i.e: Yes (For), it must be quorate and receive at least 50% + 1 of votes cast against both No (Against) and abstentions (abstain).

An All Student Vote, ( ASV), happens when items submitted to the Democratic System, which have been successful at the Demonstration of Interest stage, are reviewed by an Action Group and need to be voted on by the Student Body. The Vote is open to all Full Members of the Guild of Students, and the quoracy (the number of votes required for the vote to be valid) is 428.

If the ASV is passed, the idea must then be approved by the Guild of Students Trustee Board. The Board may pass the idea, reject it or adopt it as a corporate conclusion.

This means that the vote (if quorate) demonstrates a conclusion has been reached by students, but the Guild cannot legally support the outcomes, or any campaigning activity noted within the idea or policy.

Policies or Ideas are passed this way when they conflict with Charity Law or other relevant laws of the land and do not affect Guild of Students members i as students at the University of Birmingham.