Recent rule updates

The Elections Committee consists of 21 students, all of whom remain neutral during elections:

• Director of Wellbeing (Senior Elections Officer)
• Association President
• Director of Education
• Director of Student Development & Activities
• Director of Events & Services
• Athletic Union President
• 3x SRC representatives
• 3x SSC representatives
• Senior Academic Representative, Arts and Divinity
• Senior Academic Representative, Science and Medicine
• 7x co-opted members

No individual may be on the Elections Committee if they are running as a candidate.

Four of the above committee members are appointed Deputy Elections Officers, to directly assist the Senior Elections Officer.

Yes, but there are some restrictions. You should visit the elections office with your laptop or one printed copy of the poster, to have it approved before printing more copies.

You may use the Union's printers, located in the Design Suite (middle floor, past the sabb office). Printing needs to be budgeted, so remember to take a screenshot of your UniPrint record.

Printed publicity:

• Must include the dates of voting: 5th and 6th March.
• Must include an encouragement to recycle, either with the triangle logo or in text.
• Must not refer to another candidate.
• For the AU President, must include the Saints Sport logo.
• For any other race, must not include any Association or subcommittee logo, in any form.

Publicity printed before campaigning begins, i.e. during the nominations period, should be stored with the Elections Committee until campaigning begins.

No. Flyposting (putting posters up on public property) is illegal. This includes phone boxes, lampposts, etc.

You may put posters up on University property, but only with the explicit permission of each building beforehand.

Yes, but you still need to bring it to the elections office to be approved, so we can check it against your budget and receipt.

If printed on a sheet, each sheet should be stamped. If the stickers are pre-cut, they don't all need to be stamped, but should still be taken to the elections office for approval.

If it can be kept private, yes. For example, unpublished Facebook pages and private YouTube videos are fine, since no one else can see them. Twitter accounts cannot be made completely hidden, so we ask that candidates only create Twitter pages once campaigning begins.

Anyone can support any candidate from their personal accounts. However, a campaign page cannot support another candidate.

Before campaigning begins, a candidate can have up to thirty individuals in their private campaign group. After campaigning begins, only ordinary, life, and honorary members of the Students’ Association are allowed to campaign for any candidate. (All matriculated students are automatically ordinary members unless they have opted out.)

Staff at both the Union and the University of St Andrews are not allowed to campaign. Students who also work for the Union or University can campaign only when off duty.

No subcommittees of the Students’ Association, affiliated societies, student groups, or Athletic Union clubs may endorse any candidate using any official website, social media page, mailing list, or general meeting.