SU Elections. Will you Vote

Riamfada

Hey guys. Next week is the big election push. Will you guys be voting? Why will you vote and what are the issues that affect you on campus. Im not involved in this election stuff but Im just interested to see how many students are.

gubbie

No

Ex-union hackery.

I couldn't really care who gets in this year. Shan't be using the services again! Whoever promises to get more free time for graduates in the new student centre's gym gets my vote

redcar

Call me naive for not knowing, but who is running?

bnt

I hope there's no disruption of lectures, as there was last year. In my opinion, the lecture theatres should be off-limits to campaigning. You might think you have a captive audience, so that makes it a good place to campaign, but I doubt it gets anyone any votes: quite the opposite, I think.

Dave!

bnt wrote: »

I hope there's no disruption of lectures, as there was last year. In my opinion, the lecture theatres should be off-limits to campaigning. You might think you have a captive audience, so that makes it a good place to campaign, but I doubt it gets anyone any votes: quite the opposite, I think.

tbh that's the only way I'd give any notice to who is running

I won't be voting as I do not care who gets elected. I don't think they'll make much of a difference to my life between now and May.

rainbow kirby

Dave! wrote: »

I won't be voting as I do not care who gets elected. I don't think they'll make much of a difference to my life between now and May.

+1

Raphael

No

I'll be sticking by my usual policy of voting for people who make reasonable, small, achievable promises. That way they might have a slim chance of keeping them

lemon_sherbert

No

Meh, I suppose I'll probably vote, if I'm in college that day. I know a couple of people running.

Jev/N

No

I'll vote because I've always been involved in helping out on campaign teams since 1st year.... also I know that every vote counts as one of my friends lost out on the Ents Officer position by 4 votes on like the 5th recount when he had originally won by about 30!

RandolphEsq

I'll vote so I can get the sticker which allows me to walk passed the polling stations without being harassed. Actually I could just get the sticker without voting!

dyl10

I'll vote in this, but I won't vote in the election;)

Red Alert

No

Raphael wrote: »

I'll be sticking by my usual policy of voting for people who make reasonable, small, achievable promises. That way they might have a slim chance of keeping them

I'll be doing the same... the number of ridiculous undoable promises I've seen in my years here would make you wonder about some of the candidate's sanity.

And no, they won't start selling cans a la the Pav so don't vote for anyone who says they will.

me2gud4u

wel i'ml definitely voting for Hanratty for SU president. The guy is incredibly committed in everything he does and his manifesto is very achievable too. Also has a brain too which can't be said for some of those candidates running..........

Don't really care about those ENTS etc. officers....social climbers if ya ask me and that irritates me big time.

gubbie

No

me2gud4u wrote: »

wel i'ml definitely voting for Hanratty for SU president. The guy is incredibly committed in everything he does and his manifesto is very achievable too. Also has a brain too which can't be said for some of those candidates running..........

Don't really care about those ENTS etc. officers....social climbers if ya ask me and that irritates me big time.

Ents officer is practically the only one that matters! You take away all the sabbatical positions and I bet the ents one would be noticed first

Can we do a whole saying if you've got any bias in these elections again? I'm ex-hackery but am independent as far as these elections are concerned

Pride Fighter

No

I might vote for the Bond guy, he seems good.

33% God

No

me2gud4u wrote: »

wel i'ml definitely voting for Hanratty for SU president. The guy is incredibly committed in everything he does and his manifesto is very achievable too. Also has a brain too which can't be said for some of those candidates running..........

Don't really care about those ENTS etc. officers....social climbers if ya ask me and that irritates me big time.

I'll be voting for him too.

I have no bias or anything, I'm not involved in the union in any real way.

Raphael

No

gubbie wrote: »

Ents officer is practically the only one that matters! You take away all the sabbatical positions and I bet the ents one would be noticed first

Can we do a whole saying if you've got any bias in these elections again? I'm ex-hackery but am independent as far as these elections are concerned

Was just thinking that myself, seems my faith in humanity will have to get set aside.

*sigh*

Riamfada

No

Im leaving college in about 8 weeks so I couldnt care who wins these elections save for the sake of whats best for the Union's future. Plus im chairing the debates in Th L the night before polling day so I should probably declare that.

dajaffa

No

I'll be voting, I'm one of those hack types who tries to make you all vote too!

Unfortionately the candidates who make realistic promises that they could actually achieve don't tend to do well. I ran myself last year but generally running an honest campaign where you say what you'll actually do simply doesn't motivate enough people to go out and vote for you. It may well be different this year as people are more interested with fees etc on the agenda, but we'll see.

In the interests of honesty I'm on team Dani (aka Scraggs) for welfare, the only candidate to have been a boardsie poster of the year!

gubbie

No

Seems like Arts Soc is a big churner outer of candidates. How many co-founders can one society have?

Time Magazine

Red Alert wrote: »

And no, they won't start selling cans a la the Pav so don't vote for anyone who says they will.

UCD: copying someplace else since 250 years after that place was founded.

1968

I'll be voting for the only decent anti-fees candidates:

Julian Brophy (President)
Ciaran Fitzgerald (Campaigns & Communications)
Ben McCormack (Education)

Dave!

Is there pro-fees candidates...?

mad lad

here are some of the campaign facebooks that I found. If anyone else has the rest, post them up.


Redmond
Bond
Brophy
Hanratty

Fitzer
Ryan

Pender
Ahearn

McCormack

Ward

gubbie

No

mad lad wrote: »

here are some of the campaign facebooks that I found. If anyone else has the rest, post them up.


Redmond
Bond
Brophy
Hanratty

Fitzer
Ryan

Pender
Ahearn

McCormack

Ward

Donnacha

Mike-Pat
James Morrissey

simply_dee

No

Kimberley Foy

delta_bravo

No

Dave! wrote: »

Is there pro-fees candidates...?

Yes, allow me to introduce myself: Rt. Hon. Reginald Oswald Arlington-Maxwell

My main aims:

Immediate re-introduction of fees for all students

New Era Programme to be abolished

Introduction of a uniform for all students (choice of gown or blazer)

Lifetime ban of events involving: Republic of Loose, Saw Doctors, The Coronas, The Blizzards and The Wolfe Tones.

The student bar will only play baroque chamber music and brandy shall be the sole drink of the students.

Also, Pulse Security to be delegated full powers of search and arrest of students

I expect your vote

rainbow kirby

delta_bravo wrote: »

Lifetime ban of events involving: Republic of Loose, Saw Doctors, The Coronas, The Blizzards and The Wolfe Tones.

/votes

Red Alert

No

gubbie wrote: »

Seems like Arts Soc is a big churner outer of candidates. How many co-founders can one society have?

Arts Soc is essentially the melting pot of the various Arts wannabees, principally the non-happening fashion show. For some reason the student advisers seem to be all over it.

jimi_t

Red Alert wrote: »

Arts Soc is essentially the melting pot of the various Arts wannabees, principally the non-happening fashion show

Well I really dunno how they could have been blamed for the fashion show seeing as the society itself is barely going a year and a half and the show itself is not their remit - in fairness they're doing an admirable job event wise with such a tiny budget, even if it does mean that they've made some faustian deal with XXI and the ilk.

princess-sprkle

No

delta_bravo wrote: »

Lifetime ban of events involving: Republic of Loose, Saw Doctors, The Coronas, The Blizzards and The Wolfe Tones.

:pac: god yes, consider my vote in the bag!

OpenYourEyes

No

delta_bravo wrote: »

Yes, allow me to introduce myself: Rt. Hon. Reginald Oswald Arlington-Maxwell


Lifetime ban of events involving: Republic of Loose, Saw Doctors, The Coronas, The Blizzards and The Wolfe Tones.

Got my vote anyway! I think you can afford to be quite confident going into this election my friend!

Breezer

No

Raphael wrote: »

I'll be sticking by my usual policy of voting for people who make reasonable, small, achievable promises. That way they might have a slim chance of keeping them

+1. The amount of rubbish in some of those manifestos makes the Green Party's 2007 objectives look credible. Very credible.

me2gud4u wrote: »

wel i'ml definitely voting for Hanratty for SU president. The guy is incredibly committed in everything he does and his manifesto is very achievable too.

You have to be having a laugh? Either that or Hanratty is. I know I was when I read his manifesto, as was literally every other person I know who read it. Brophy's, while still containing some pointless posturing, is far more down to earth. And this is coming from a fellow med.

dajaffa wrote: »

I ran myself last year but generally running an honest campaign where you say what you'll actually do simply doesn't motivate enough people to go out and vote for you.

I voted for you! *waves hand in the air madly*

El Siglo

delta_bravo wrote: »

Yes, allow me to introduce myself: Rt. Hon. Reginald Oswald Arlington-Maxwell

My main aims:

Immediate re-introduction of fees for all students

New Era Programme to be abolished

Introduction of a uniform for all students (choice of gown or blazer)

Lifetime ban of events involving: Republic of Loose, Saw Doctors, The Coronas, The Blizzards and The Wolfe Tones.

The student bar will only play baroque chamber music and brandy shall be the sole drink of the students.

Also, Pulse Security to be delegated full powers of search and arrest of students

I expect your vote

"I want to tack on a rider to that bill: $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts."

"All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill?"