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Internal Elections

Logistics

When: April 7th and 14th  

If we do not have quorum or lose quorum throughout the night, a mandatory emergency Senate will be called

  • Nominations open: March 31st 

  • Nominations close: In Senate individually before each role is elected  

  • Who are we electing:

    • Vice President of Academic Affairs

    • Vice President of Campus Affairs

    • Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    • Vice President of External Affairs

    • Vice President of Student Involvement

    • Vice President of Student Success

    • Vice President of Operational Affairs

    • Speaker of the Senate

    • Director of Student Organization Finance

    • Director of Elections

  • Who is being Confirmed?

    • Parliamentarian

      • Nominated to role by incoming Student Body President 

    • Director of Communications

      • Nominated to role by incoming Vice President for External Affairs 

    • Director of Sustainability (now Green Initiatives)

      • Nominated to role by incoming Vice President for Campus Affairs 

Who is eligible for the roles?

For VPs: must have been involved in division for 20 weeks

  • Speaker of the Senate: senatorial status for 25 weeks 

  • Executive Director of Club Finance: anyone

  • Executive Director of Elections: must have been on Election board for 15 weeks

  • Qualifications for confirmation positions differ, reach out to the current division VP if you are interested!

*these rules are according to bylaws and may be suspended if motioned by the Senate 

How do nominations work?

  • Nominations open: Nominations will be opened next week by the Speaker of the Senate on Monday, March 31st during Senate 

  • Nominations close: by the Speaker of the Senate verbally for each role individually before the speeches begin 

  • How to nominate someone: 

    • Verbal nomination (in Senate): 

      • Can be made in Senate day of elections opening 

      • A last call for verbal nominations will be made by the Speaker before each election begins 

    • Email (“mail-in nominations”): 

      • A voting member of Senate must email sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu AND sgaelections@northeastern.edu nominating the candidate and CC-ing another voting member of Senate who wishes to second the nomination. The second must reply by confirming within 12 hours and the nominee must then accept the nomination via email within 24 hours of the initial nomination email. 

    • *As long as you are a voting member of Senate, you are able to nominate yourself. However, you must still CC someone to second your nomination and must accept the second.

How do elections work?

  • Each candidate will give a 5 minute speech and have up to 10 minutes for Q&A from the Senate 

    • This can be extended if motioned by the Senate, however, it must be equally extended for each candidate running for the same role 

  • Following the final candidate’s Q&A, Senate will enter Executive Session to debate candidacy. This is only open to those on the Senate roster. 

Slides

Candidate slides are due to the Speaker of the Senate 48 hours before your election (Saturday 6:30pm) 

  • You may submit a slide even if you are “running off the floor” (being verbally nominated day of election) 

  • Please make a copy of this template and email it to sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu 

How to be involved in elections

Nominate a student! 

  • Attend candidate speeches and Q&A 

    • Note: Only voting members of Senate can automatically ask questions, however, you can attend and request a Senate member to yield speaking time to you or ask a question on your behalf 

Contact

If you have any questions please reach out to the sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu and sgaelections@northeastern.edu 

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