SECTION 1: Voting Procedures
No student shall be allowed to vote if the student’s name is not in the student
alpha listing unless written authorization from both the Registrar’s office and
the Vice-President for Student Affairs is presented to and documented by the
election clerk.
A. Voting can occur by Electronic or Traditional methods.
1. Electronic Voting shall be defined as the use of electronics and ASEWU
council approved software to submit and tabulate electronic ballots
2. Traditional Voting shall be defined as the use of paper ballots
B. Electronic voting in all ASEWU elections shall occur as follows:
1. The electronic voting system shall provide the voter with a ballot and
instructions on how to submit their vote.
2. It is the responsibility of the election clerk at each polling station, to
regularly check and remove any campaign paraphernalia left at or
around the polling booth.
C. Traditional voting in all ASEWU elections shall occur as follows:
1. The voter shall present picture identification to an election clerk and sign
their full name and current address. The election clerk shall not return
the student’s picture identification until after he/she has returned their
ballot.
2. The student will have to furnish their student identffication number if
they do not use their EWU Eagle card.
3. The election clerk shall give the voter a ballot and direct the voter to a
voting booth.
4. Upon receiving the complete ballot, the election clerk shall drop the
ballot into the ballot box while in the presence of the voter.
5. It is the responsibility of the election clerk to regularly check and remove
any campaign paraphernalia left at or around the polling booth.
