Assembley
Education · Student unions, councils and faculty boards

Student and faculty elections, from any phone.

Elections, referendums and council meetings for student unions and faculty boards, with the register deciding who votes and a secret ballot where you need one.

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  • The register decides who votes
  • Secret ballot
  • Vote from any phone

Turnout by faculty

8,240 students
FacultyStudentsTurnout
  • Engineering1,82040.9%
  • Medicine1,14037.9%
  • Law96028.9%
  • Arts & Humanities2,21034.8%
  • Business2,11032.6%
Northfield Student Union
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Student union electionSecret

Elect the president of the student union

46.7%for Ava Thompson
2,915 of 8,240 students voted

Vote submitted

Your choice stays secret

Referendum · secret ballot

Extend library opening hours

59.5% for, of 3,102 votes

Your votes

Every vote a student union holds

From the yearly election to a referendum or a council meeting, on the same platform and with the same record.

  • Student council · October

    4 items
    1. 1Approve the 2027 budgetResolution
    2. 2Motion: free sanitary productsResolution
    3. 3Appoint the events officerElection
    4. 4Society funding rulesTwo thirds

    Student council meeting

    The budget, motions from students and appointments, in the room or online.

  • Elect the student union president

    1 seat

    One choice each, and the most votes wins the seat.

    • Ava ThompsonEngineering, 3rd yearElected
    • Kwame MensahLaw, 2nd yearNot elected
    • Lena FischerMedicine, 4th yearNot elected
    • Ravi PatelBusiness, 3rd yearNot elected

    Union elections

    Candidates with a short note, by most votes or ranked, for officers and council seats.

  • ReferendumSecret ballot

    Extend library opening hours

    Simple majority
    For59.5%
    Against34.1%

    6.3% abstained

    Carried · declared by the chairStudents invited: 8,240Votes cast: 3,102

    Referendums

    One question to every student, open until you close it, with a secret ballot where it should be.

  • Requirement on the item

    • Art. 6 Council seats per facultyTwo thirds
    • Art. 11 Referendum rulesTwo thirds
    1. 1Set on the item
    2. 2Frozen at go-live
    3. 3Declared by the chair

    Changes to the constitution

    Set the majority your constitution asks for on the item. It is frozen when the vote opens.

From agenda to decision

How an assembly happens in Assembley: one meeting, from the agenda the chair builds to the record everyone can check.

Agenda

5 items

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  1. Approve the annual report for 2024ResolutionSimple majority
  2. Approve the 2025 budgetResolution2/3 majority
  3. Choose the theme of welcome weekPollOne choice
  4. Adopt the new society funding rulesResolutionSecret
  5. Elect two members to the boardElection2 seats

Decide

Decide the way your constitution says

Choose the rule for each item. Assembley counts the votes by weight as soon as voting closes, and the chair declares the result.

  • Simple majority

    Motions, accounts and budgets, decided by a majority of the votes cast.

  • Qualified majority

    Two thirds or unanimity, set on the item and frozen when the meeting goes live. The chair declares the result.

  • Secret ballot

    When the decision requires it, the record shows that a member voted, never how.

  • Board elections

    Members rank the candidates, and the seats are counted by single transferable vote, round by round.

  • Weighted votes

    Each ballot carries the votes your register gives the member, and every item is counted by weight.

  • Proxies

    The organisation registers each proxy, or lets members appoint their own, and the holder casts every vote they carry from one link.

FAQ

Questions student unions ask

  • Who can vote?

    The people on your register. You upload the students or staff who may vote, and each gets a personal link.

  • Can elections be secret?

    Yes. On a secret item Assembley records that a student took part, never what they chose.

  • Can a vote stay open for several days?

    Yes. Voting stays open until you close it, and students vote from any phone or laptop in the meantime.

  • Can we run a ranked election?

    Yes. Students rank as many candidates as they like, and the seats are filled by single transferable vote, with each round shown.

Assembley for other organisations

Or read how the mechanics work, whatever kind of organisation you are: the Knowledge Hub covers quorum, how votes are counted, and the evidence package.