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Election of a Council Member for the term 4 November 2016 to 1 April 2020
Author: Registrateur / Registrar
Published: 30/09/2016

Members of the Convocation of Stellenbosch University have been notified in the press that a position has arisen due to the resignation of Adv JC (Jan) Heunis, who was elected as Council member of the University, by the Convocation for the period 02 April 2016 to 01 April 2020.

Members of the Convocation were requested to submit nominations in order to fill this vacancy. As more than one (1) candidate have been nominated, an election is being held. Your CONFIDENTIAL BALLOT must reach the Registrar before 12:00 on Thursday, 03 November 2016. The validity of ballots will be verified.

ELECTION RULES

  1.  You may vote for a maximum of one (1) candidate. Mark the box next to the name of the candidate for whom you want to vote and complete the ballot. No other amendment to the ballot is allowed.

  2.  No one may cast more than one ballot and your CONFIDENTIAL BALLOT must be completed in full.

  3. No person is allowed to vote on your behalf or use your ballot to vote on.

  4. With the completion of this ballot, the voter concerned personally assumes responsibility for compliance with the election rules as stipulated above. Transgressing the above rules amounts to fraud and is a criminal offence. All cases where fraud is suspected will be investigated and may lead to criminal prosecution.

  5. Please note:  BOTH your SU number (appearing at the top of the Registrar's e-mail), as well as your ID number must be used in order to vote.

  6. The Alumni Office can be contacted on 21 808 2709 or 021 808 2710 if voting problems are being encountered or if a hard copy of the CONFIDENTIAL BALLOT is required.

VOTING METHODS

You can vote in any one of 5 different ways – the closing date for whichever way you vote is Thursday, 03 November 2016 at 12:00

  1. Electronically at www.sun.ac.za where a CV, vision and photo of each candidate are available.

  2. Fax this completed ballot to: 086 606 7946.

  3. Scan and email this completed ballot to konvokasie@sun.ac.za.

  4. Mail this completed ballot in a sealed envelope marked CONFIDENTIAL: BALLOT, to  Mr Johann Aspeling, Registrar, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602. 

  5. Deliver this completed ballot in a sealed envelope marked CONFIDENTIAL: BALLOT, to Mr Johann Aspeling, Registrar, Stellenbosch University, Room A 3016, Admin A, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch.