[lorend]

SRA General Elections + Women's Centre Referendum - Voting Information

LAST DAY TO VOTE TODAY! POLLS OPEN 9:30AM-5:00PM

Voting takes place Wednesday, March 11th, and Thursday, March 12th!

Polling Locations for the 2009 SRA General Election & Women's Centre Referendum:

Arts & Science: Commons Lobby*
Commerce: Michael DeGroote School of Business Lobby
Engineering: John Hodgins Engineering Building Lobby
Health Sciences: Ewart Angus Centre Lobby
Humanities: Mills Library
Kinesiology: David Braley Athletics Centre*
Nursing: Ewart Angus Centre Lobby*
Science: Burke Science Building Lobby
Social Sciences: McMaster University Student Centre Atrium (near Williams)

*NOTE* Any faculty where SRA Seat(s) have been acclaimed will still be able to vote in the Referendum at the above polling locations


Polling Hours

Wednesday, March 11th 2009
9:30am to 7:00pm

Thursday, March 12th 2009
9:30am to 5:00pm


SRA Generals

More information about each candidate, including links to platforms and facebook groups, can be found here.


Women's Centre Referendum

In December of 2008 the Elections Committee received a petition which proposed the establishment of a women's centre on campus to be funded and directed by the MSU without a student fee levy.

After careful debate, the Elections Committee has ratified the 2009 Women's Centre Referendum question to be:

"Do you support the establishment of a Women’s Centre funded by and under the direction of the McMaster Students Union?"

Despite efforts to raise awareness by Elections Services, no official campaign side has been declared for the Referendum. However, the department has encouraged students through campus media to engage the issue. Candidates were also encouraged to discuss the issue with the electorate to get voters to come out and express their opinion.

Elections Committee Links
MSU Election Committee Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/gr...id=45664042321

MSU Election Website:
http://www.msumcmaster.ca/servicesan...lInfo/main.htm

[lorend]

Yay Voting!!

[micadjems]

argh, its such a vague referendum question, i feel like a lot of people will say yes...

[scott000]

There doesn't seem to be much info on this women's centre prosposal. not being a woman, i must ask, is this something that many female students are actually wanting / in support of? or is this much like the DVD rental referendum where a small group of people proposed it largely based on the benefits they would directly receive?

Really, what would a Women's Centre provide that isn't already available through other services such as SHEC?

[temara.brown]

there wasn't much information provided in the preface of the petition so whatever the students signed for was what went to referendum. The elections committee couldn't add anything to the ballot that wasn't on the petition as there'd be no way to ensure that's the students who wanted.

Personally, I'm not a fan of it because I'm not convinced that having a centre devoted to these issues would be the best way to tackle any women's issues. We also have soo many different services on campus that overlap with what this service might be mandated to do. But, because it is soo vague, it's hard to know what it would even do or what you're even voting for.

I also appreciate that you recognize what the DVD actually was - "a small group of people proposed it largely based on the benefits they would directly receive" This is not the same in this case thankfully.

[lorend]

whoooo colour!

whoooo welcome week rep suit related colours...for the most part.

stupid not having enough blue...

[Nino]

Woohoo the voting is over. Although it was quite painful standing in the cold for hours, campaigning and meeting everyone was well worth freezing in the cold. Good luck everyone.