It's time to vote in the KSU Elections, and we've pulled together this handy guide to cover all the information you need to know to be able to cast your vote.
Voting opens 10am on 16 March and closes at 3pm on 18 March.
How to vote
You can either vote in person at one of our voting stations on each campus - you'll just need 2 minutes and your student ID. Our staff team will be on hand to provide any assistance.
Or you can vote online - you'll just need to be logged into the SU website. If you can't vote, email representation@kingston.ac.uk
- Login to the website
- Head here
- Press the 'It's TIme to Vote' button
- Confirm your vote is your choice and you are not being influenced by another
- Pick a role
- Select the candidate in order of preference (see below for information on single transferrable voting)
- Once you've finished ranking the candidates, press cast vote!
- Then had back to vote for the remaining positions too.
- Once you have voted for all positions, you will receive a confirmation email (show this at a voting station and you'll be in with a chance to win a prize)
What do my votes mean?
We adopt the Single Transferable Vote system. This means that you vote in order of preference. So, for example, you may select Candidate A as your top preference for the position of President, then Candidate B as your second and Candidate C as your third. Every position in the election also has an extra candidate which we add called Re-Open Nominations (RON). A vote for this candidate is your way of telling us that you feel that candidates ranked below RON are not suitable for the role or deserving of your vote.
Once all votes for a position have been cast the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes is eliminated. We then take the votes cast for that candidate and count their second preference. After another count of the votes, again the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated. This continues until one candidate gets enough votes so that they can't be beaten, and the winner is announced.
When do I find out the results?
Come along to our Results Night from 5pm in the Collaboration Space on PR Campus, or check online at 10pm for an article announcing the results!