Come and organize Council elections with us!

Knights of democracy wanted!

Every year is election year in the student union! The Central Election Committee, or CEC, is involved in elections, namely representative elections. The Central Election Committee is responsible for organizing the representative elections held every autumn.

The CEC consists of 5-9 members, of whom the chair and vice-chair are elected at a meeting of the representative council. After this, the members of the committee are elected and they get to choose their roles at the first meeting of the Central Election Committee. So, what other roles are there on the committee? The committee can decide for itself, but usually there are people responsible for communications, events, and the election system. Last year, a small team was responsible for communications and another team for events. Being in charge means that the person in question makes sure that the agreed-upon tasks are carried out, not that they are solely responsible for them.

• The communications team considers ways to encourage student union members to run for office and get excited about voting. The events team is responsible for election-related events, such as the election panel, election coffee stands, and election night parties. The whole team worked together to design the election announcement and the look of the election.
• The person responsible for the election systems ensures that the election machine and voting system are working.
• The vice-chair’s job is to support the chair and lead meetings when the chair is unable to do so. In addition to these tasks, the vice-chair is involved in communications and events.
• The chair’s job as a director is to ensure that KVL runs like clockwork. In practice, this means preparing meetings together with the executive director, chairing meetings, liaising with stakeholders, reading the rules to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and general monitoring. If something is forgotten or left undone, the chairperson decides what to do about it—whether to leave it undone or do it themselves.

At this point, you are probably bursting with enthusiasm to join, but you still have one question: how much time does CEC take? It depends on the task. Understandably, the chairperson’s duties take up the most time, a few hours a month in the spring, a couple of hours a week in the fall, and about three hours a week as the elections approach. Other tasks take a few hours a month in the spring, an hour a week in the fall, and more as the elections approach. No two years are alike, so the number of hours may vary in the coming year. Much depends on how the Central Election Committee does its preparatory work in the spring and how evenly the work is distributed.

In the Central Election Committee, you will learn new things, such as how to organize election events, about the electoral system, communication, and how elections are actually organized. In the Central Election Committee, you can do things your own way and the sky’s the limit, so come along, you champion of democracy, and make sure we get to enjoy election coffee again this fall!

To answer your last question, the Central Election Committee will be elected at the JAMKO Representative Council meeting on March 10 at 5 p.m. in BP15 and remotely. You can express your interest by submitting the form below.

Yes, i’m interested in joining CEC

If you have any questions about the Central Election Committee, please feel free to contact

Lauri Kujala
Chair of the Central Election Committee
lauri.kujala@jamko.fi