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ELECTION MANIFESTOS for the Michaelmas 2020 The Oxford Union Society ELECTION OF OFFICERS & COMMITTEES Michaelmas Term 2020 Manifesto Booklet From the Returning Officer Dear member, Once again, the Oxford Union’s elections are happening via an online ballot. In order to vote, you must have registered by noon on Monday of 7th Week. The Electoral Officials will work hard to verify every registration and will contact any person who cannot be verified using the Society’s membership list as soon as possible to provide more information. An online ballot form will be emailed to all eligible members who registered to vote. Polls will open at 9am on Thursday 26th November and close at 8.30pm on Friday 27th November. The voting system is Single Transferable Vote. For each post, simply number your preferences against each candidate from 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on until you have finished expressing your preferences between the candidates. Expressing later preferences in no way harms your earlier preferences Finally, please familiarise yourself with Rule 33 respecting electoral malpractice. A short summary of what constitutes electoral malpractice has been provided in this booklet. Good luck to all the candidates, and please let me know if you have any queries by emailing [email protected]. Yours faithfully, Lachlann Hinley Returning Officer Electoral Malpractice Electoral malpractice includes, but is not limited to, the activities mentioned below. To see a complete list, please consult Rule 33, www.oxford-union.org or the Returning Officer. Making false or misleading claims intended to influence the election Bribery · Intimidation · Distributing physical campaign material Making slanderous or libellous statements about a candidate Using a vehicle to convey members to the Poll Campaigning using any University e-mail system Creating websites or promotional videos Claiming to represent or be supported by any political, racial or religious group Candidates marking manifesto booklets Hindering the Returning Officer or their Deputies Unauthorised access or attempted access to another’s personal electronic files Any breach of this rule or complaint regarding the conduct of a Candidate in the election should be reported to the Returning Officer, via email [email protected]. Candidates Claims in Manifestos Allowing members to judge the relative merits of manifestos The Returning Officer has ensured to the best of their ability that all claims made in Manifestos are true; they advise, however, that Members acquaint themselves with the commonly used terms below in order that they are not misled. Members may wish to consider other similar words used as holding the same meanings and draw inferences from the fact that a Candidate has been unable to make the most substantial kinds of claims. Stronger Claims: Raised / Secured - the Candidate must prove primary responsibility for the production or negotiation of a contractual arrangement, to claim to have raised/ secured funds or partnerships. Brought - the Candidate must prove that a speaker visited the Society as a direct result of their confirmation. Confirmed - the Candidate must prove primarily responsibility for a speaker accepting an invitation to visit on a mutually agreed date, or the Candidate has drawn up an as yet unsigned contract, following agreement from involved parties on its contents, which is set to be signed in due course. Organised - the Candidate must prove their primary control of an event’s inception and development. Where primary control is shared comparably with another Member, co-organised shall be used. Responsible for / Led / Ran - the Candidate must prove primary responsibility for the content of claim. Arranged - the Candidate must prove a substantial degree of control of an event’s development, but not the contribution to inception that any organised claim requires. Negotiating - the Candidate must prove primary responsibility for an ongoing negotiation, clear interest in response to their proposition, and further progress from this towards a confirmed claim since then. Weaker Claims: Assisted / Helped to – modifiers used where there is sufficient proof that a Candidate contributed substantively, but insufficient to prove that they have the necessary level of contribution or control for the stronger claim. Interest from – where there is insufficient evidence for a stronger negotiating claim, but there has been clear interest received to their invitation or proposition. Invited / Contacted – proof has been provided that the Candidate had primary responsibility for the invitation. Supervised / Oversaw / Co-ordinated – proof has been provided for a lower level of involvement in an event or project suitable for these claims. Facilitated / Worked – proof has been provided that a candidate contributed significantly to an event, usually but not necessarily the logistics or hospitality. [Candidates’ own spelling, punctuation, and grammar have not been corrected in manifestos.] ¶ Weaker claims will be used often in Manifestos even by good Candidates: usually only Candidates for Office will be able regularly to make “stronger claims”. The distinction is nonetheless worth making. Secretary’s Committee to assist with running social events and distributing publicity (for Hilary Term 2021) Ahmad Nawaz (Lady Margaret Hall) Award Winning Human Rights Activist, College TEDx Rep, Debate Academy Graduate, Founded Refugee Support Project, Vote Ahmad - You’ll Be Glad Bea Jonite (Kellogg College) #REBUILD Advisor to Latvian Ministers, Candidate in Nation-Wide Elections! 170,000+ Youtube Subscribers, Make the Union the best it can BEA! Ayesha Khan (The Queen’s College) Youth Parliament: Debate Lead, Singing NOVICE, Country Music Enthusiast Find me at Plush! Ayesha KHAN’T Go Wrong #CREATE Rachel Ojo (University College) #REBUILD BBC Teen Hero Award! UK Youth Parliament: Chair, Knife Crime Youth Select Committee, Athletics Officiater, Let’s Go, Vote Ojo! Larissa P. Sidarto (St Cross College) Serial-entrepreneur. Forbes 30 Under 30 Indonesia. Bloomberg Speaker. World Bank Innovation Winner. MBA Saïd. President Indonesians@Oxford. Ex-Banker. #VoteSidarto Ananya Basu (Corpus Christi College) School MUN Facilitator Novice Rower! CLASSICAL GUITARIST Contributor of School Satire Magazine Basu for You! #CREATE Manuel Fieber (St Hugh’s College) #CREATE Management Consultant gone MBA, WORLD CITIZEN and State MUN Veteran, Singer and Lover of Art... We’ve got the FIEBER! Theo Sergiou (Keble College) #CREATE Attended Cabinet at 19! Youth Parliament SteeringGroup Representative Freestyle RAPPER... Pantomime Enthusiast, No Show without Sergiou! Viggo Rey (St Catherine’s College) #SHINE Swedish. IT-Officer Oxford Impact Investing Society. United Nations intern. School football captain. Vote for a Rey of Sunshine. William Feasey (St Hilda’s College) Arranged Flagship OFQE Panel! JCR Chair, Hilda’s Rugby VICE-CAPTAIN, Lacrosse ‘Prodigy’, Proper Chorister, The Most FEASible Candidate #CREATE Jake Birdwell (Keble College) #REBUILD Student Body President, US State Department Scholar! School Newspaper Editor, Advised Congresswoman, All’s swell, if you Vote Birdwell! Lukas Joosten (Lincoln College) #REBUILD Three Times World Debater, Netherlands Team. Coach: Beginner’s Debating Workshop! Subpar runner. Vote Lukas, with YOUsten we can rebuild. Alfred Dry (St John’s College) #REBUILD Head of School Council, JCR Chair! London Drag Performer, Amateur DJ, Don’t leave me high and DRY, vote Alfred. Declan Nelson (Merton College) Head of School Debating Society, Mediocre Guitarist, HUGE RUGBY ENTHUSIAST - Loves the Pub What the heck, vote for Dec! #CREATE Dimitri Kravets (New College) #MaskedBall From Kiev, not a chicken!!, Hosted School History talk with Polish Count Wear cravats, vote KRAVETS! Eu Ro Wang (Christ Church) #SHINE • Former National President of 200,000+ member organization • Interned at human rights NGO Vote Eu Ro for a strong currency! Rivu Chowdhury (Magdalen College) #REBUILD Mock Trial Alumni, European Youth Parliament! Self-Taught Ensemble Musician, Poet, School Shakespearen Actor, See it Through, Vote Rivu Francesco Coppola (Brasenose College) #REBUILD Head of School Politics Society, School MUN Debater! School Tennis Captain, International Student, Vote for Fran he’s the man! Isla Virtue (Worcester College) #REBUILD Debating Prefect, NCS National Youth Board Representative! Finance Society College Representative. Mosh Pit Enthusiast; Voting Virtue won’t hurt you! Sharon Chau (University College) Worlds Debating: Hong Kong Captain! Budding Student JOURNALIST, Merely Deputy Head Girl, Ridiculously Short! Vote Now, Vote Chau #CREATE Oscar Bian Ce (Exeter College) #CREATE School FILM PRODUCER! Self-Proclaimed Movie Buff, Charity Soap Maker Ce- rtainly vote for Ce Bian (Oscar) Zuhaira Deen (St Peter’s College) #REBUILD, School: MUN Debater, Council Representative! Women’s Football Development Squad, Casual Quizzer, The best you’ve seen, Vote Deen. Riya Kataria (St Catherine’s College) #CREATE Global Student Leader FOUNDED NGO, Intern for Presidential Campaign! Singer-Songwriter Avid Photographer.... Make Change a Riya-lity Joshua Chima (Mansfield College) #REBUILD, Eversheds Sutherland University Scholarship, Director: Career Access Start- Up! Head Boy, Co-Arranged MIND Charity Event, Be a dreamer, Vote Chima! Daniel-Paul Osahon (Balliol College) #CREATE OFS Events Director Medic!, School Rugby Player, Bridge Card Holder... Access Scheme Secretary, Vote Daniel to PAUL it off! Hugo Spindler (Oriel College) School Prefect Multi-sport Athlete... Taught
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