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MES ELECTIONS

President Nominations

To sign-up fill out:

1. Nomination Form

Acquire 20 signatures from other students in your program. You can print off the form below or stop by the MES Office at H202 in Hatch. The form needs to be submitted in-person to the MES Office before Wednesday, December 7th at 11:59 PM. If no one is in the office, slide the form under the door.

2. Applicant Form

A Google Form, linked below, needs to be submitted prior to Sunday, September 18th at 11:59 PM.

If you have any questions or would like more information about the MES President position, please contact Luke Schuurman, the Chief Returning Officer, at cro@macengsociety.ca or Sheridan Fong, MES President, at president@macengsociety.ca. Sheridan also holds weekly office hours on Thursdays from 1 - 2 PM and Fridays from 11 AM - 12 PM in the MES Office (H202).

Nomination Form

Google Form

Info Session Slides

results for the completed 2022-2023 mes election:

ELECTION RESULTS:

View the results from the most recent election here. If you have any questions about interpreting the results, or about the election in general, reach out to our Chief Returning Officer at cro@macengsociety.ca!

VIEW THE ELECTION RESULTS

HOW DOES VOTING WORK IN MES ELECTIONS?

This election is decided through a ranked choice system. This means that you rank the candidates in the order that you prefer them. If your first-choice candidate receives the least votes and no candidate has more than 50% of the vote, then your first-choice candidate is removed from the election and your vote is cast for you second-choice candidate. This process repeats until one candidate has more than 50% of the vote.

You do not have to rank every single candidate. If you do not want a certain candidate elected, you can choose not to rank them at all. There are also the ABSTAIN and NO CONFIDENCE options. These are listed as candidates and work to provide alternative voting options.

Voting ABSTAIN means that you are participating in the election, but you do not prefer any specific candidate. If ABSTAIN wins 50% of the vote, the next candidate with the most votes wins the election. Therefore, you count towards the number of voters, but do not affect the election.

Voting NO CONFIDENCE means that you are using your vote to say that you do not think that any of the candidates are suitable to be elected. If NO CONFIDENCE wins 50% of the vote, the election is concluded with no winner, and the election process starts again from the nomination period. Therefore, this option should only be used if you believe that no candidate up for election should hold the position at stake