How do I run in the by election?
To nominate yourself for a position, you must complete all the following steps:

1. Ensure that you are eligible for the position you would like to run for.

   Learn more in our FAQ seciton!

2. Get 25 Candidate Signatures:

   Using the provided form, gather signatures of at least 25 other Dalhousie students who support your candidacy, and compile the following:

   • Names

   • B00’s

   • Dal email addresses

   Upload the results to the Nomination Form in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. To collect signatures physically contact dsucro@dal.ca for a template. 

3. Gather Campaign Workers
   (Campaign Workers are optional)
   Gather the following info from your campaign workers:

   • Name

   • B00

   • Dal email addresses

   Unsure what a campaign worker is? Learn more in our FAQ seciton!

4. Record social media pages

   Compile social media pages and handles you will be using to campaign using this template

5. Submit your Nomination:

   When nominations are open submit:

   1. Your completed spreadsheets (2-3 in total)

   2. your nomination information through the online Nomination Form. You will be asked for your:

      1. Name,

      2. pronouns,

      3. B00,

      4. Dal email address,

      5. program/major/year of study,

      6. confirmation that you have read Bylaw 9 and the Elections and Referenda Policy.

6. Attend the appropriate meetings and submit your candidate questionnaire.

   After you submit your nomination, you will also be required to attend the All Candidates Meeting and Anti-Oppression Training, submit a Candidate Questionnaire and, of course, campaign!

See the full Elections Period Schedule here.

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Key Dates:

• Nominations and Campaign Registrations Open:
  October 17 @8:30AM

• Hybrid All-Candidates Meeting:
  October 22

• Nominations and Campaign Registration Close (all completed forms also due):
  October 23 11:59PM

• Hybrid All Candidates Meeting:
  October 22

• Questionnaire and Campaign Info Forms: October 24 @ 12PM

• Campaign Period:
  Begins October 27 @ 8:30AM

• Deadline for Appeals of the Verification of Nomination (to Elections Committee): October 25

• Campaign Period Ends:Deadline for Candidate to Withdraw:
  November 3 @ 8:30PM

• Voting Period: November 4-5

• Unofficial Results Announced: November 6

• Appeals Deadline: November 7

• Official Results Announced, End of Elections Period: 2 days after Last Appeals Ruling. November 7 (Earliest), November 23 (Latest)

• Complete Elections Period Ends: December 6

Campaign Rules can be found HERE!

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Worried about running a campaign all on your own? You do not have to!

All you need to do is ask someone if they would be willing to help with your campaign as a campaign worker, and then submit a list of workers alongside your nomination form. You could have one, a few, or a whole team!

1. Not Reading Bylaw 9 and the Elections and Referenda Policy!

   Come prepared to the All Candidates Meeting with any questions you might have, or reach out in advance to the CRO at dsucro@dal.ca.

Executive Postion Eligibility:

• All students are eligible to run for an executive position, as long as they are a Dalhousie student for the duration of their term.

  General Election: May-April

  By-Election: October - April

  For more information, see Bylaw 4.2

Community Representative Eligibility:

• Council includes a representative for many key communities of Dalhousie students. Eligibility is based on self-identification with a specific community.

  Where membership in a community is through self-identification, theDSU honours a candidate's self-identification and does not request proof of their identity. 

Faculty Representative Eligibility:

• Coming soon

Read through the “ Becoming a Candidate” dropdown at the top of our page, or download the PDF version HERE!

Still have questions, or feeling unsure?
Reach out the the CRO dsucro@dal.ca who is in charge of this year’s election!

See the full Elections Period Schedule HERE. Find an overview of key dates below.

Key Dates:

• Nominations and Campaign Registrations Open:
  October 17 @8:30AM

• Hybrid All-Candidates Meeting:
  October 22

• Nominations and Campaign Registration Close (all completed forms also due):
  October 23 11:59PM

• Hybrid All Candidates Meeting:
  October 22

• Questionnaire and Campaign Info Forms: October 24 @ 12PM

• Campaign Period:
  Begins October 27 @ 8:30AM

• Deadline for Appeals of the Verification of Nomination (to Elections Committee): October 25

• Campaign Period Ends:Deadline for Candidate to Withdraw:
  November 3 @ 8:30PM

• Voting Period: November 4-5

• Unofficial Results Announced: November 6

• Appeals Deadline: November 7

• Official Results Announced, End of Elections Period: 2 days after Last Appeals Ruling. November 7 (Earliest), November 23 (Latest)

• Complete Elections Period Ends: December 6

A campaign worker is an individual who has agreed to assist a candidate with campaigning in any capacity. If you are worried about running a campaign all on your own, you do not have to! All you need to do is ask someone if they would be willing to help with your campaign and then submit a list of campaign workers alongside your nomination form. You could have one, a few, or a whole team of campaign workers!

A campaign worker does not have to be a Dalhousie student, meaning you could ask a student from another institution or someone who is not a student. However, Dalhousie faculty, teaching assistants, and all other University staff must not serve as campaign workers. If a campaign worker is employed by the DSU in any capacity they must contact the CRO and inform them of their work. Furthermore, they must not campaign while they are working. Have questions about who can or cannot be a campaign worker? Email dsucro@dal.ca.

Campaign workers must abide by the Elections and Referenda Policy and attend the All-Candidates Meeting.

Contact the Chief Returning Officer, Reid Delaney, with any questions about the elections process.

dsucro@dal.ca