Candidate Information Session

1. Presented by the USGJP Candidate Information Session

2. Overview of the Election Process -Petitioning -Approval of Candidacy -Campaign Season -Election Day

3. Open Elected Positions -Executive Branch -2 Positions (President/Vice President) -General Assembly - 33 Positions (plus emissaries) -Judicial Panel -Potentially one position

4. Getting on the Ballot • Must gather signatures to be placed on ballot • For each President/Vice President Candidate Team: seven hundred fifty (750) • For each Senator Candidate: fifty (50) • For each Judicial Panel Candidate: fifty (50) • Signatures must come from registered and active Ohio State University undergraduate students • All petitions must bear signature of circulator

5. Petitioning • Petitions will be released during the day Sunday of Week 3 of Spring Semester • Petitioning begins Monday of Week 3 of Spring Semester at 8:00 AM • Ends Friday of Week 4 of Spring Semester at 5:00PM • Petitions are to be turned in to the USG Office

6. Once Approved… • The person will be placed on the official ballot • The “Campaign season” begins at 8:00 pm EST Sunday evening of the seventh week of Spring Semester until the end of voting 11:59 pm EST Friday night of the eighth week of Spring Semester • Campaigning before this time is a violation • Voting will begin at 12:00 pm of the eighth Wednesday of Spring Semester and end 11:59 pm of the eighth Friday of the eighth week of Spring Semester

7. Slates • Four types of slates: • Presidential Slate – Contains only a Pres./VP • Assembly Slate (Individual)- Contains only one member • Assembly Slate (multiple) – Contains multiple General Assembly Candidates • Mixed Slate – Contains a Pres./VP as well as at least one candidate for General Assembly • Judicial Panel Candidates cannot be affiliated with any slate

8. Slates Cont’d • Slates must register with the USG Judicial Panel by the start of petitioning on Week 3 • Submit a list of candidate-member as well as treasurer and manager • Slates are responsible for the behavior of the members • Must keep an up to date list of membership • Must inform USGJP of membership changes within 24 hours of the change

9. Spending/Finances • Presidential/Vice Presidential campaign may spend no more than two thousand (2000) dollars in total • Assembly candidate’s campaign may spend no more than one hundred (100) dollars • No Assembly slate’s campaign shall be valued for more than one hundred (100) dollars per member-candidate or no more than two thousand (2000) dollars in total, whichever is less • A campaign consisting of a Presidential/Vice-Presidential candidate team and one (1) or more senatorial candidates shall observe a base value limit for a maximum of two thousand (2000) dollars in total. • The maximum spending limit shall remain at thirty-five hundred (3500) dollars or two thousand (2000) dollars plus the sum of one hundred (100) dollars per Senatorial Candidate, whichever is less.

10. Things to Watch For • Ledgers • All individual candidates and slates must maintain an online ledger • Online ledgers must be updated daily beginning on the first day of official candidacy • Campaigning may not interfere with classroom activities. • No person may campaign within a student-computing site during voting days • New polling set up • Candidates, teams and slates may not overtly act to gain votes before the campaigning season begins.

11. Things to Watch For, Cont’d • All websites by a candidate, candidate team, or slate are subject to review by the Judicial Panel and must adhere to the rules and regulations • Such websites must have a visible link to the Judicial Panel Elections webpage on each page of their website • All e-mails advertising a specific candidate must include a disclaimer at the bottom of the email • “Please reply to sender requesting removal from e-mail list if you do not wish to receive further e-mail from this candidate. If you still receive e-mail from this candidate please contact the Judicial Panel at osuelections@gmail.com.” • Any such request must be honored within twenty-four (24) hours. This is a type I bylaw.

12. The USG Judicial Panel • The USG Judicial Panel oversees the operation of the USG elections • Also hears violations stemming from the Election Bylaws • Violations • Violating any type I bylaw has a maximum penalty of twenty (20) dollars per instance of violation. • Violating any type II bylaw has a maximum penalty of one hundred (100) dollars per instance of violation. • Violating any type III bylaw has a maximum penalty of two hundred (200) dollars per instance of violation. • Violating any type IV bylaw has a maximum penalty of disqualification or two hundred (200) dollars per instance of violation. • Violating any type V bylaw has a minimum penalty of disqualification.

13. How to File a Violation • Fill out the brief template • Will be put on the Elections Website. • Send filled out brief to Clerk of Courts, Angela Napier (napier.110@osu.edu) • A hearing will be set up where both parties will be represented

14. Important Dates • Week 3 of Spring Semester • Slates must register with USGJP by Monday Morning • Petitioning begins on Monday (1/20) at 8:00 AM • Week 4 of Spring Semester • Petitions due Friday (2/1) by 5:00 PM ET in USG Office • Week 7 of Spring Semester • Campaigning begins at 8:00 PM ET on Sunday (2/17) • Week 8 of Spring Semester • Presidential Debates on Tuesday (Time/Location TBA) • Voting begins at 12:00 PM ET on Wednesday (2/27)

15. Calendar

16. Questions? • Contact: • osuelections@gmail.com Petition Forms and Brief Templates will be put on USG Election Webpage on Sunday of Week 3 of Spring Semester (Petitioning begins at 8:00 AM the following Monday) Ledgers will be emailed to all registered slates and approved candidates