All Student Vote

Student Idea Submissions:

Anti-Racism Policy

It is time for the Guild’s first All Student Vote of the Year! You will be able to vote on the following items as decided through the Guild Democratic Decision Making Process.

At this All Student Vote, you will be able to vote on the Guild’s stances toward various policies and ideas.

If you’d like to see the results of previous All Student Votes, please go our Democratic Minutes Webpage.

What Is The Timeline?

14 October
10am

Voting
Open

18 October
4pm

Voting
Closes

W/C
21 October

Results
Announced

Documents & FAQs

If your question is not answered below please email the Student Voice Team.

What’s Quorate?

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).

Voting Information - Voting Yes (For), No (Against) or Abstain

You have one vote:

Vote Yes (For)
Vote No (Against)

You may also cast a vote of abstention (abstain).

What does it mean to cast an abstention vote?

If you choose to put in an abstention vote, this is because for personal reasons or due to a conflict of interest, you do not feel able to cast a “yes (for)” or “no (against)” the motion in question. In this case, the vote to abstain simply means you are contributing towards quoracy.

As outlined above, this means that in 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).

For further questions on abstention voting please contact: Student Voice