Thursday, April 14, 2011

Election 2010/2011 Guidelines

The following is an excerpt taken from MCSC’s Code of Rules :

Election

10. Election committee

10.1 The election committee is to be formed during the month of April and the election conducted within the month of April or May every term.

10.2 The election committee should consist of a chairperson, a vice chairperson, a secretary, media director, head of usher and its crew. All of whom must currently be in their final year batch representatives.

10.3 The chairperson and his assistant are elected by the MCSC committee board in one of the general meetings. Subsequent posts in the election committee shall be elected by the two chairpersons under supervision of MCSC committee board.

10.4 The responsibilities of the chairperson are as follows:

(a) To facilitate and oversee the election process;

(b) To ensure that the election is carried out in a fair manner and its integrity is upheld;

(c) To observe that the election abides the guidelines provided

10.5 The Election committee (chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, media director, head of usher and its crew) cannot nominate, be nominated or vote for any post.

11. Nominees

11.1 Presidential Board

11.1.1 Only a member in his or her 4th year can be nominated for the post of President and 1st Vice President.

11.1.2 Each course should submit maximum of 3 nominations for the post of President and 1st Vice President. The nomination for this post can only go to members of 4th course.

11.1.3 The 3 candidates with the highest number of nominations will be invited to campaign on the day of election.

11.1.4 Each course should submit maximum of 3 nominations for the post of 2nd Vice President. The nomination for this post can only go to students of 3rd course.

11.1.5 The 3 candidates with the highest number of nominations will be invited to campaign on the day of election.

11.1.6 Campaigning is compulsory for all presidential nominees.

11.2 Secretary, Treasurer, Media Director, Cultural and Public Relation Director.

11.2.1 The nomination for these posts is open to all MCSC members.

11.2.2 The nomination for each post can be made by all members during the day of election.

11.2.3 The number of nominations for each post is not restricted.

11.2.4 Each nomination should be provided with at least 2 seconders.

11.3 Batch representatives

11.3.1 Are elected by members of his/her particular year.

11.3.2 Only members of the particular year are allowed to nominate candidates for their corresponding course representative.

12. Election

12.1 The presidential nominee from 4th course with the highest number of votes will be the MCSC president for the term. The first runner up automatically holds the posts of 1st Vice President.

12.2 The presidential nominee from 3rd course with the highest number of votes will be the 2nd Vice President.

12.3 The nominees with the highest number of votes hold the posts of Secretary, Treasurer, Media Director and Cultural and Public Relation Director respectively. The first runner up for each post automatically becomes the assistant except for the post of Cultural and Public Relation Director.

12.4 The counting of votes will be the responsibility of the Election committee.

12.5 A detailed report of the election stating the number of votes and how the votes are distributed must be prepared by the election committee and presented to the members of MCSC.

12.6 A yearly report and financial report for the previous term should be presented during the election.

12.7 MCSC committee of the previous term will be dissolved automatically after the speech from the President during the Day of Election.

Please be informed that the current Election Committee consists of:

Chairperson: Ng Wen Gen
Assistant: Ng Xun Jin
Secretary: Lim Ban Chun
Media: Teng Kok Liang

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