ULSU Elections 2012 (Voting Thursday March 22)

wnolan1992

Chris Martin wrote: »

Spoken to him on a few occasions,
Fixed the pavements near my house Ruined the Internet
Legend :P

FYP.

Yeah, hopefuly the announcements will be over and done with in some sort of a reasonable timeframe tonight. Was far too dragged out last year.

Jester252

I will like to see how many people casted a vote today

mayo_lad

Jester252 wrote: »

I will like to see how many people casted a vote today

i'm expecting it to be down on last year.

this will favior the incumbents and known candadates ,

it's been a very poor week for campains anyway with paddys day over the weekend.

djnr8

Jester252 wrote: »

I will like to see how many people casted a vote today

over 1k by noon apparently.

Take god there is some bit of atmosphere around today.
Been so quiet all week

highlydebased

1169 as of a few minutes ago.

Ginge Young

leaoj wrote: »

sure there was no obligation on you to attend the stables announcement...

Out of respect for my campaign team and the other candidates, I believe there was an obligation for myself to be there.

CiaranMT

Chris Martin wrote: »

Spoken to him on a few occasions,
Fixed the pavements near my house
Legend :P

So you won't vote in student elections because you feel you're not well-enough informed of the candidates' respective policies, but you'll vote in a national election for someone who can, and most definitely has, affected change in something we all use?

All because he fixed pavements?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsnLyHKWtrg

MajesticDonkey

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Tonight. 8:30 in the Stables.

Gotta love internet voting! :P

Why the fcuk can't they do it for general elections I don't know. Would save millions, and would save even more if they hadn't bought those electronic yokes.

Nockz

Voted online. I am enjoying the 'low-key' natureof this year's proceedings. I was on Co-Op last year and missed a dragon apparently

wnolan1992

Decryptor wrote: »

Why the fcuk can't they do it for general elections I don't know. Would save millions, and would save even more if they hadn't bought those electronic yokes.

Probably security and scale reasons. I mean, organising a system for 12000 people to vote (of which only ~1/3 will actually vote) for a position, which let's face it, isn't exactly US President, is nothing compared to something for ~3million people who's votes will actually make some semblance of difference. AFAIK most countries still use the 'ole pen and paper. Must be a reason for it.

deise go deo

Nockz wrote: »

Voted online. I am enjoying the 'low-key' natureof this year's proceedings. I was on Co-Op last year and missed a dragon apparently

It was a Unicorn actually;)

Ginge Young

Nockz wrote: »

Voted online. I am enjoying the 'low-key' natureof this year's proceedings. I was on Co-Op last year and missed a dragon apparently

I think it was a Horse :-)

CiaranMT

Interesting straw poll done by TST, among 44 voters in half an hour:

lkionm

Any updated one?
Within the last hour?

CiaranMT

lkionm wrote: »

Any updated one?
Within the last hour?

Nothing I've heard about. Campus is quiet now in any case.

reunion

CiaranMT wrote: »

Interesting straw poll done by TST, among 44 voters in half an hour:

Fair play, nice thing to see, would have liked this about 9 with improvements during the day, maybe even a survey a couple of days ago?

Ginge Young

Had an interesting conversation with a student there. Complete and utter disgrace that while David Hartery was addressing a class, Adam (or at least part of his team) came into the lecture, chicken suit guy ran around while someone/others shouting vote Moursy. It's a joke, no respect whatsoever, in all honesty I *HOPE* it lost the Moursy campaign a lot of the vote.

Steeevvyb

Hi Reunion,

You're dead right. The poll would have been loads better if I could have been out and about all day updating it. The only reason it wasn't was because I have a tonne of college work to do this week as do the rest of the TST gang.

Thanks for the kind words though,

Stephen

Oxford_

Ginge Young wrote: »

Had an interesting conversation with a student there. Complete and utter disgrace that while David Hartery was addressing a class, Adam (or at least part of his team) came into the lecture, chicken suit guy ran around while someone/others shouting vote Moursy. It's a joke, no respect whatsoever, in all honesty I *HOPE* it lost the Moursy campaign a lot of the vote.

I'm surprised that Hartery had his head out of his hole long enough to notice.

Ginge Young

Oxford_ wrote: »

I'm surprised that Hartery had his head out of his hole long enough to notice.

Witty. Regardless, nothing condones what happened.

deise go deo

Ginge Young wrote: »

Witty. Regardless, nothing condones what happened.

When did it happen?

reunion

Steeevvyb wrote: »

Hi Reunion,

You're dead right. The poll would have been loads better if I could have been out and about all day updating it. The only reason it wasn't was because I have a tonne of college work to do this week as do the rest of the TST gang.

Thanks for the kind words though,

Stephen

Maybe an idea for next year!

Speaking of which, I'm surprised there isn't a poll here on boards!


On a side note, you guys in TST have done quite a lot for the union in the past year, coming up with new ideas: the videos, polls and live blogging of things. I hope you guys have put yourselves forward for some awards

Ginge Young

deise go deo wrote: »

When did it happen?

Didn't actually get that much info, it was in passing, I was on a break from my lit review.

Jester252

How many voted?

wnolan1992

Agus sin sin!

Skyrim

Well who won? Very quiet week for campaigning, nearly forget it was happening at all!

Ginge Young

2,200 or around that I think for the number of voters.

Results announced at 8:30pm in the stables.

SarahBeep!

Suspense is killing me!!

OneMoreThing!

Rockett took Education

OneMoreThing!

Ronan took Welfare

OneMoreThing!

Moursy took President

OneMoreThing!

Congratulations to all candidates, especially those who won. Interesting times ahead now.

SarahBeep!

Absolutly delighted

freyners

wahey all me three first choice:D


congrats to paddy cathal and adam

comiserations to eamonn, david, will, kelly and jackie

deise go deo

Poor Kelly, Beaten by 5 votes, thats gota hurt.

Oxford_

deise go deo wrote: »

Poor Kelly, Beaten by 5 votes,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

canned_ulkc

Boards will probably go quiet now until there's an explosion of abuse at one of the newly elected officers because they held a door open for a lady and are being accused of being sexist.....

Probably....

freyners

canned_ulkc wrote: »

Boards will probably go quiet now until there's an explosion of abuse at one of the newly elected officers because they held a door open for a lady and are being accused of being sexist.....

Probably....

I'm going to miss the traditional "Daly is a Fianna Failer" thread personally:D

reunion

canned_ulkc wrote: »

Boards will probably go quiet now until there's an explosion of abuse at one of the newly elected officers because they held a door open for a lady and are being accused of being sexist.....

Probably....

I hear you are running for education next year!

roro1neil0

None of those Oxford posts are anything to do with me. Kelly my heart goes out to you.

highlydebased

Breakdowns are

Academic:
Valid Poll: 2133, Quota 1069
Paddy Rockett 1173
Jacqueline Woods 960

Welfare
Valid Poll 2211 Quota 1106
William Jennings 336
Kelly O'Brien 949
Cathal Ronan 926

After Jennings' transfers
Kelly O'Brien 1085
Cathal Ronan 1090

President
Valid Poll 2355, Quota 1178
David Hartery 702
Eamonn Horgan 529
Adam Moursy 1124

After transfers
David Hartery 920
Adam Moursy 1322

Polar Ice

Wow! For only 3 positions there's a large difference in votes cast for each position.

What was the total number students who logged on and cast a vote?

highlydebased

Polar Ice wrote: »

Wow! For only 3 positions there's a large difference in votes cast for each position.

What was the total number students who logged on and cast a vote?

2355

wnolan1992

Surprised at how big a margin Moursey won by... but I think the right candidate may have won this.

Rockett's win was no surprise. Better campaign, more confident, more experience.

Sickeningly close for Welfare. Really surprised that Jennings' transfers went to Ronan to be honest. Thought for sure Kelly had it when he was being eliminated. C'est la vie I guess.


Didn't quite catch the figures for previous years, how does it compare? I know there were ~3800 votes last year, but is 2355 the lowest for some time? Disappointing turnout but hardly surprising given the level of apathy around the place.

Fishooks12

Sabbats this year have a big mess to clean up after this year.

Getting the SU reconnected with the entire student body should be top of the agenda

a 20% turn-out for an online poll is nothing short of embarrassing and a clear indication that the majority of the student body are disconnected from the SU

mayo_lad

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Surprised at how big a margin Moursey won by... but I think the right candidate may have won this.

Rockett's win was no surprise. Better campaign, more confident, more experience.

Sickeningly close for Welfare. Really surprised that Jennings' transfers went to Ronan to be honest. Thought for sure Kelly had it when he was being eliminated. C'est la vie I guess.


Didn't quite catch the figures for previous years, how does it compare? I know there were ~3800 votes last year, but is 2355 the lowest for some time? Disappointing turnout but hardly surprising given the level of apathy around the place.

na it was lower than 2355 in previous years down to around 1800 some years

wnolan1992

Yeah, just looking at the figures now.

Lower than 2011 and 2010, but up on all years before that except '03 when the boathouse referendum was held. I'd say tis the lowest online poll though?

Polar Ice

highlydebased wrote: »

2355

So everyone who logged in to vote voted for president?

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Yeah, just looking at the figures now.

Lower than 2011 and 2010, but up on all years before that except '03 when the boathouse referendum was held. I'd say tis the lowest online poll though?

You have to remember that online voting, which was introduced last year, increases the potential turn out. So the turn out this year is considerably worse than a similar turnout when voting was by paper ballot.

highlydebased

Polar Ice wrote: »

So everyone who logged in to vote voted for president?

Yes, interestingly enough

Oxford_

I'm finding Kelly's hissy fit on facebook quite humorous.