Campaign material rules for Student Guild elections

General Rules

• All election material shall bear the name and address of the person under whose authority it is published.

• No person shall remove, alter, deface, obstruct or destroy election material prior to the close of voting, unless authorised by the Returning Officer.

• Defacing, mutilating, removing or interfering with election material belonging to another person without authority of that person or candidate for whom the election material was produced shall constitute misbehaviour in an election.

• No election material to be distributed throughout lecture theatres and tutorial rooms.

• All authorised election materials in common areas must be picked up at the end of each day.

• The person who has authorised the material will be responsible for cleaning costs and or littering if there is material left in common areas.

• No material shall be placed on any notice boards (except those specitifed), doors, windows, trees, walkways, bus-stops or other surfaces not prescribed.

• No adhesive stickers are to be attached to any part of any University building, including floors and walkways.

• Election material may be placed on pillars, and banners can be hung in prescribed areas only after 12 noon on the day of close of nominations - refer note1. Any material that goes up before this time will be removed at the candidate’s expense and the candidate issued a warning.

• Election material on pillars must only reach to a maximum height of 2m above ground level. Material must only be attached with masking tape, gaffa tape or blu-tack. (as this is easily removed).

• Banners must be hung at a height that will not impede access or cause a safety hazard, recommended minimum height 2m.

• All election material must be removed by 8.00am on the first Monday one month after close of nominations otherwise a removal/cleaning charge will be levied to the person(s) who authorised the material.

• Other candidates' election material can not be removed or overlaid by any other candidates (or people acting on their behalf).

• Chalk is not to be used under any circumstances.

Murdoch Campus

• Banners may only be hung between the pillars (not trees) around Bush Court and only in the prescribed areas. refer note 2

• Posters and banners may be placed on the pillars around Bush Court in the prescribed area. refer note 2

• No material may be placed on any bins.

• Noticeboards -  material may be placed in the Clubs and Societies noticeboards only.  (Between the walkway entrance to Education and Humanities and the entrance to Health and counselling) and the Guild Secretariat noticeboard

Rockingham Campus

• Posters and banners can be placed on or between the pillars located within the courtyard.
• No material may be placed on any bins.

Changes to campaign material Rules

The conditions relating to the display of election material are under constant review during the election period. If there are any changes to these Rules, candidates will be notified by email.

The Returning Officer has authorised the University staff (under section 4.4 of the Guild Election Regulations) to remove any election material that is in breach of the rules listed above.

This document will be reviewed in annually.

Note 1: The close of nominations date will be as indicated by the Returning Officer, Guild of Student  Elections