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students' union election

Election Explainer: What is the STV System?

April 19, 2021 By SIN News

Election Explainer: What is the STV System?

Elections in NUI Galway are conducted using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. In elections for offices within the Students’ Union where only one candidate is deemed elected. The system sees each voter ranks candidates in order of preference, marking a '1' beside their most preferred candidate, a '2' beside their second most preferred Voters are not required to list … [Read more...] about Election Explainer: What is the STV System?

Students’ Union elections: Ethnic Minorities Officer candidate Mitul Shah

September 25, 2018 By SIN Staff

Students’ Union elections: Ethnic Minorities Officer candidate Mitul Shah

Why are you running for this role? I am running for this Ethnic Minorities Officer role as I feel that being a voice or leader of a group that you can easily emotionally connect with is very much required, especially when all the people from an ethnic minority background will feel a little homesick when they are away from their family and loved ones. As I am also one of them … [Read more...] about Students’ Union elections: Ethnic Minorities Officer candidate Mitul Shah

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