Representatives election

JAMKO’s highest decision-making authority, the Representatives Council, is elected annually by voting at the beginning of November. As a member of JAMKO, you can vote and decide who will handle your affairs as a student representative at Jamk UAS. The Representative Council decides e.g. about membership fee, the budget, approves the action plan and JAMKO’s big guidelines, on which we, as a student union, take a stand and how we operate. Every JAMKO member can stand as a candidate and vote.

Central election committee

The elections are organized by the central election committee, which is named by the sitting representatives council. The committee is elected annually.

The elections are governed by the election regulations.  (FIN)

More info

keskusvaalilautakunta(a)jamko.fi.

Schedule for the Council Election

27 August: The formation of electoral alliances begins. You do not need to be a member of JAMKO or a student of JAMKO to set up an electoral alliance. However, the members of the electoral alliance must be members of JAMKO and students of Jamk. An electoral association is established using the official form, which is opened at the beginning of the election period on this page.

29 August – 30 September: Nomination period. Candidates must have a valid student union membership for the election. Students must renew their membership for the academic year 2024 – 2025 by 30 September to be eligible to stand for election.

21 October: Voting rights will be checked. You must pay your Student Union membership fee by this date if you wish to vote.

28 October: Voting begins. JAMKO members who have joined JAMKO by 21 October will receive a voting link in the email they provided when they joined the Student Union.

6 November: Election day. The voting link will close at 3 p.m. The results will be announced at the Election Night event in the evening.

11 November: Organizational meeting of the new Council. The Council meets for its first meeting to elect the Chairpersons and representatives to the JAMK working groups.

Electoral alliances, rings and the role of a spokesperson

Electoral alliance is a group formed by one or more eligible candidates and the votes cast on the electoral alliance will be counted in favour of the candidates. Often the members of the alliance study in the same degree programme or share similar views related to student politics.

The founder of the alliance acts as its spokesperson, but they does not have to be a candidate in the election themself or be a member of JAMKO. The spokes person provides the association’s founding document, acts as a liaison between the Central Election Committee and the candidates, provides information to the candidates and acts as a support during the election. The Central Election Committee supports the election liaison officers in their duties.

In order to form an alliance, the spokesperson fills the declaring document and files it, prefetably at the beginning of the candidacy filing period or by the end of candidate filing period Sept 21st 3 p.m. at the latest. The maximum amount of the candidates in one ring should be the amount of free seats in the representatives (42).

Electoral ring is two or more electoral alliances or one or more alliances and a one or more candidates who are outside of all electoral alliances. In order to form an electoral ring, a declaring document must be done and submitted to JAMKO before the end of candidacy filing period. The maximum amount of the candidates in one ring should be the amount of free seats in the representatives (42).

All the requisite forms are found at the end of this page at the start the candidacy filing period.

Electoral alliances can be formally formed 2 days before the start of the candidacy filing period, but it is a good idea to start compiling the list well in advance. It is advisable to announce the list as soon as the period begins, because then the information in the list can be made public.

The coalitions and the spokesperson’s information are added to this site as the as the declaring documents are filed.

More information on forming alliances and electoral rings: keskuvaalilautakunta(a)jamko.fi

Standing as a candidate

Candidacy filing period starts with the electoral announcement.

The candidacy filing period and forming the electoral lists usually begins at the turn of August-September, and the actual elections take place in early November.

JAMK students who have joined JAMKO for the current academic year are eligible to stand as candidates. You stand as a candidate by filling in and sending the electronic conditional application form.

The necessary forms for standing as a candidate and forming a union or ring will be available at the end of the election site during the candidacy filing period.

Candidates may stand as independent candidates or form an electoral alliance and / or electoral ring together with other candidates or unions.

Documents

The required materials will be updated before the candidacy filing period starts.

Candidacy filing form

form an electoral alliance

Form an electoral ring

Other documents

electoral declaration

Rules of the elections (fin)

 

Registry and Privacy Statement for JAMKO’s Representative Elections