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NOTE: Voting times in the video are out of date. Refer to the text below for voting times and polling stations.

Voting will be held the week of January 25 to 29, and voters can expect to see polling stations set up at booths across campus. For voters enrolled at UBC, ballots may be submitted at laptop stations from 10 to 2pm on January 25, 27 and 29. These polling stations will be found in both the SUB and Koerner Library.

UBC voters may alternatively choose to instead submit ballots in the Vanier Cafeteria, Totem Cafeteria, or Panhellenic House on the evening of January 27 from 5 to 7pm.

For voters enrolled in either Regent College or Vancouver School of Theology, paper ballots will be accepted January 26 and 27. These polling stations will be located within their respective schools and are open from 10 to 2pm.

So what is necessary to vote? Nothing more than a CWL account for online ballots, a student card for paper ballots, and a few minutes. Voters have tons of time to vote—a 15-minute counter begins when a student logs in, but if they need more time, they can log out and log in again, and the timer begins again at 15 minutes. Electronic voting will allow busy voters to save their ballots and complete them later before polling has closed.
The UBC campus will see expanded access to polling opportunities as stations will remain open throughout the week. While fewer booths will be seen, the choice to focus on week-long polling is expected to increase cost effectiveness and accommodation for busy voters.
—Cameron Paul

Condorcet

This is the second year that the AMS elections will feature the Condorcet method of voting. This method is considered to be fairer than the “first past the post” traditional style of voting.

Voters rank candidates numerically in order of preference. The system then uses a “ranked pairs” method, which is where candidates are measured against each other in one-on-one competitions on the ballot, to translate the preference of voters into results.

Sample Ballot:
Candidate A = 2
Candidate B = 1
Candidate C = 3

Condorcet:
B greater than A
A greater than C
B greater than C

—Samantha Jung, with files from Alia Dharssi