The Scarborough Campus Students’ Union (SCSU) is currently holding its 2022 general election for next year’s executive committee and Board of Directors (BOD). Voting will be open from March 1–3.
The campaign period began on Wednesday at 5:00 pm. The Chief Returning Officer has not yet released the full list of candidates on the SCSU’s website or social media and did not provide The Varsity with the list of candidates by the time of publication.
The BOD voted on the schedule for the election at its December meeting. It was decided that two weeks will be allocated for nominations and campaigning and three days for voting.
At the time, the union had assumed that the elections would be held in person, as per the university’s plan for the winter semester. Sarah Abdillahi, SCSU president, had noted at the meeting that doing a hybrid election would be expensive.
However, in light of the university’s decision to delay the return to in-person classes and the union’s advocacy for a safer return to campus through its email campaign, the election will now be held entirely virtually.
As per the union’s policies, elections will be held entirely online only when “any event or circumstance beyond the control of the [BOD]” restricts in-person voting.
UTSC students will receive the voting link in their university email inbox on March 1 at 10:00 am. The voting platform being used is Eballot.
