Sarah Honeycombe

Voting has now closed in locations across campus, after five days of campaigns.

Ballot boxes were closed at midday today (9/2/2010) and the votes will be counted this afternoon.

Results will be announced in Medicine from eight o’clock tonight in an event hosted by Insanity News.

The full list of candidates for the upcoming sabbatical elections has just been released, Insanity and The Orbital can reveal.

Nominations closed this morning at 9 o’clock, having been open for a week.

The full list of candidates is:

President:

• Shani-Mari Holidis
• Scott Hooker
• Oliver Kerr
• Alan Chi Loon Lee
• Rachel Pearson

Vice President (Communications and Campaigns, formerly Communications and Services):

• Al Dean
• Somayeh Jafari
• Sarah Rahman
• Paul Wrench

Vice President (Education and Welfare):

• Scarlett Barnsby
• Stephen Harmer
• Hardeep Singh Lalli
• Beth Rowley

Vice President (Student Activities):

• Jon Bates
• Victor Nicolaou
• Claire Nineham

Voting opens at midday on Wednesday 3^rd February 2010 and will close at midday on Tuesday 9^th February 2010. Candidates will be campaigning across campus, with a team of up to ten people. They also have the opportunity to appear on Insanity Radio at midday on Wednesday to announce their policies and be asked questions by the listeners. Orbital Editor Nick Stylianou and Insanity Head of News/Orbital Society Editor Sarah Honeycombe will host the show. Candidates will also be required to appear at Candidates’ Question Time at 7:30pm in the Students’ Union Main Hall on Thursday 4^th February.

Ballot boxes will be placed across campus in locations including Bake ‘n’ Bite, Crosslands and Bedford Library.

For up-to-date news on the elections, keep checking back to insanityradio.com and follow the The Orbital on Twitter at @theOrbitalBUZZ

Additional reporting by Victoria Metaxas