The UWSA strives to support and execute an equitable and transparent process for electing UWSA members to director and president roles. The Chief Returning Officer (CRO), supported by the Communications Officer and an Elections Working Group, is responsible for implementing and overseeing the annual election process.
Chief Returning Officer
The Chief Returning Officer (CRO) is appointed for a two-year term to run elections for director and president-elect within the dates and timeline outlined by the UWSA By-law (Section 11.1) and Board policies, and to verify the vote outcomes.
The CRO will create a working group of three UWSA Members, for the purpose of verifying the results, and work with the Operations Team to administer the election.
Elections Working Group
Each summer, the CRO recruits a working group of three UWSA members to help ensure that the UWSA election process is equitable and transparent, and to review and confirm the election results. The working group's main role is to validate the results of the election in Simply Voting. They may also review election plans and procedures and raise any concerns to the CRO.
The Working Group is selected at random: UWSA staff provide the CRO with the names of twelve randomly-selected members to ask to join.
Current CRO
Alexa Evans
Members
The Elections Working Group is not currently operating.