Chief Returning Officer (Edmonton)

Job Description

The Chief Returning Officer reports to Students’ Council through the Council Administrative Committee and oversees all electoral logistics as per Students’ Union Bylaws. The Chief Returning Officer is appointed by Students' Council in the manner set out in Students’ Union Bylaw 310 and its Regulations, and serves from May 1 to April 30 of the year following their appointment.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the balloting process.
• Conducting the election.
• Overseeing the advertisement of elections.
• Submitting to the Speaker, as soon as practically possible, a report containing the results of any election of Members to the Students’ Council.
• Determining the allocation of Councilors before the release of every nomination package and forthwith tabling Students’ Council a report detailing the allocation of Councilors and the statistics used to reach that allocation.
• Determining th...