{"id":869,"date":"2018-12-17T18:41:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=869"},"modified":"2019-01-17T18:56:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:56:33","slug":"referen-dum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/12\/17\/referen-dum\/","title":{"rendered":"REFEREN-DUM"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you missed it… the result of the Students’ Union’s referendum to change its full-time officer team (see subtext 182<\/a>) has been announced, and it shows a decisive victory for the ‘don’t care!’ campaign. On a 6% turnout of 892 votes, the votes were: Yes 438 (49%), No 396 (44%) and Abstain 58 (7%). As the union notes, ‘students’ union rules on referendums state that a voter turnout of at least 10% is required in order for decisions to be upheld, and therefore the proposal did not pass’:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/lancastersu.co.uk\/articles\/result-of-the-big-vote-referendum<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The referendum voting website was kept separate from the sites to vote for JCR executives, with different closing dates. Did the union executive miss a trick by not bundling the votes together? The County College had a turnout of almost 30% for its JCR elections, with Furness and Grizedale Colleges not too far behind, so it seems so – although given the large ‘No’ vote amongst the few who did turn out, it’s distinctly possible that the proposals would have been rejected anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

subtext was unenthusiastic about the proposals, particularly the idea of establishing a full-time Postgraduate Officer who would be elected by a majority undergraduate electorate, but this doesn’t seem to be the main issue that galvanised the lively ‘No’ campaign: ‘Do you want more support for Sugarhouse? Vote NO’ claimed its Facebook page. The proposed loss of the Vice-President Union Development – which is what the strapline was referring to – certainly did not go down well with JCR officers, who queued up to oppose the changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will the proposals return next term? Even if they did, presumably any change would come too late to change the full-time officers for 2019-20, so it seems likely they’ll be rapidly booted into the very long grass.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you missed it… the result of the Students’ Union’s referendum to change its full-time officer team (see subtext 182) has been announced, and it shows a decisive victory for the ‘don’t care!’ campaign. 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