student
      Union
      Reports
      Largest
      Voter
      Turnout
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      Recent
      History
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      recently
     
     
      held
      its
      fall
      by-election
      to
      elect
      members
     
     
      to
      positions
      not
      filled
      in
      last
      year’s
      general
     
     
      election.
      The
      October
      1
      and
      2
      election
      was
     
     
      a
      trial
      run
      for
      the
      union’s
      new
      online
      vot-
     
     
      ing
      system,
      designed
      in
      response
      to
      stu-
     
     
      dents’
      concerns
      and
      aimed
      at
      increasing
     
     
      voter
      participation.
      Excitement
      was
      fur-
     
     
      ther
      boosted
      by
      the
      vacancy
      in
      the
      office
      of
     
     
      Executive
      Vice
      President,
      resulting
      in
      four
     
     
      strong
      candidates
      vying
      for
      the
      position.
     
    

    
     
      “By
      creating
      the
      Online
      WebVote,
     
     
      our
      Student
      Union
      has
      dramatically
     
     
      increased
      the
      potential
      for
      students
      to
      par-
     
     
      ticipate
      in
      our
      electoral
      process,”
      said
     
     
      Brandon
      MacKenzie,
      Student
      Union
     
     
      President.
      “We
      recognized
      the
      need
      for
     
     
      change
      surrounding
      our
      electoral
      system
     
     
      and
      the
      new
      process
      is
      a
      collaboration
      of
     
     
      all
      our
      collective
      efforts.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      year’s
      turnout
      was
      795
      voters,
     
     
      surpassing
      the
      record
      set
      in
      the
      2003
      gen-.
     
     
      eral
      election.
     
    

    
     
      “Without
      a
      doubt
      the
      WebVote
      con-
     
     
      tributed
      significantly
      to
      the
      record
     
     
      turnout;
      however,
      much
      can
      be
      attributed
     
     
      to
      the
      quality
      of
      the
      candidates
      vying
      for
     
     
      the
      remaining
      positions.
      The
      level
      of
      pub-
     
     
      lic
      debate
      on
      the
      campus
      has
      increased
     
     
      significantly
      in
      recent
      times
      as
      issues
     
     
      affecting
      students
      were
      debated
      during
      the
     
     
      recent
      provincial
      election.
      Our
      by-election
     
     
      only
      further
      demonstrated
      this
      as
      many
      of
     
     
      the
      candidates
      actively
      engaged
      their
      peers
     
     
      in
      discussions
      on
      what
      was
      important
      to
     
     
      them,”
      said
      MacKenzie.
     
    

    
     
      “Student
      Councillors,
      other
      than
      |
     
     
      executive
      positions,
      volunteer
      their
      time
      to
     
     
      Council.
      They
      do
      so
      to
      ensure
      that
      the
     
     
      concerns
      of
      their
      constituents
      are
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Shelley
     
     
      MacNeill,
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      President
      Activities,
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      turnout
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      certainly
     
     
      appreciating
      their
      efforts.”
     
    

    
     
      Elected
      to
      council
      during
      the
      by-
     
     
      election
      were:
      Executive
      Vice
      President
     
     
      Jeff
      Grandy,
      Senators
      Megan
      MacKinnon
     
     
      and
      Thomas
      Lloyd,
      Board
      of
      Governors
     
     
      Crystal
      MacLeod,
      Ombudsman
      Ryan
     
     
      McDermott,
      and
      Councillors
      Jennifer
     
     
      Campbell,
      Robert
      Best,
      Joel
      Walker,
     
     
      Jeremy
      Hogan,
      Dennis
      Cahill,
      Sheena
     
     
      Murnaghan,
      and
      Peter
      Grandy.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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