And the winner of MSU President-Elect after 8,364 votes is... Teddy Saull!
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Saull narrowly beat Jacob Brodka by 102 votes. In the third-round tally, Brodka and Saull were separated by just 11 votes.
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Saull will start his term as MSU president on May 1.
In addition to voting for the next MSU president, students also voted on a MSU healthcare coverage referendum and HSR bus pass referendum.
All three healthcare options failed, so the current MSU health plan will stay the same and cost $57.50 per student. The 12-month bus pass and expanded service option passed, which means students will pay $12.50 more per year to add those features to the HSR bus pass, starting in the 2014-15 year.
The Elections Committee has completed the campaign evaluation process (assessing the fines and complaints levied against candidates), and candidates’ scrutineers have witnessed the compilation of the votes via Simply Voting, the MSU’s online voting portal.
The unofficial winner has been declared; Teddy Saull is the 2014-2015 President-elect of the McMaster Students Union. The President takes office on May 1st, 2014. Results are unofficial at this time, as all candidates have five (5) business days to appeal their fines and contest the results.
Voter turnout for the 2014 MSU Presidential election was 40.5% with 8364 students voting. This represents the most amount of votes ever cast in an MSU Presidential election. Congratulations to all candidates and campaign teams on a very strong contest!
The round by round breakdown can be
found here.
Read more at
http://www.thesil.ca/teddy-saull-elected-msu-president
