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DSU Election Results announced
Added on 27/02/2008
DSU Election Results have been announced. Victoria Raimes reports...
The results of the DSU elections are in – and Andrew Welch has been crowned the new DSU president.
Welch, of Van Mildert college, beat his opponent, Mary Dobson, by 1483 to 1248 votes, with a further 145 votes declaring a wish to re-open nominations. The result was released on February 23 at 19.44 hours - a few days later than expected after a damaged cable brought down the online voting system on February 20.
According to Welch's manifesto, his aims for the next academic year include campaigning for increased library access, securing more reasonable rent prices and liaising more frequently with JCR positions.
He cites past relevant experience to include the positions he held as DSU Senior Rep, DSU Education Officer and NUS delegation leader.
Welch succeeds current DSU president Flo Herbert. He will officially take over the position in October 2008.
The full results of this years DSU elections are available online here. Or if you fancy reading up on all of the new president's policy proposals, check out his Facebook group.
Numbers
The number of voters saw an increase of 6.6 per cent over last year. 22.9 per cent of people eligible to vote did so - although some voters failed to nominate a candidate in every category.
College-wise, Grey students did the most voting (65.4 per cent), winning their college a sizable amount of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Chad's came a close second with 64 per cent. All colleges with a voter turnout of over 20 per cent received a number of free Planet of Sound tickets.
Victoria Raimes
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