NUS Elections Complaints Form

This form allows you to submit complaints about candidates standing in NUS Elections

Please read the following notes carefully before completing this form.

This form is to be used for complaints in NUS' own elections. Please do not use this form to submit a complaint in your Students' Union election. If you have a complaint about your SU election you should contact the DRO at your Students' Union.

If you are submitting a complaint against a candidate, please be sure to provide evidence or the Returning Officer will not consider it.
If you have any issues completing this form please email membership@nus.org.uk
Any complaints must be submitted no later than one hour after the close of voting.

Please consult the NUS UK election rules available at https://www.nus.org.uk/election_rules

Excerpt from rules relating to complaints

Complaints may be submitted by any student (as defined in Schedule 1.34 of NUS UK’s Articles of Association), any Member (as defined in Articles 10.4 and 10.5) or Associate Member (per Article 13). All complaints should contain the following information:

Which of the guiding principles the candidate is alleged to have breached
Information about the nature of the complaint, including where relevant, dates times and locations
An idea of what the complainant wants to happen as a result of the complaint
Supporting evidence to back up the complaint
All complaints must be submitted using the online form with relevant evidence. This can be found at https://forms.nus.org.uk/view.php?id=417445

If there are any issues with the online form please contact membership@nus.org.uk

The Returning Officer will investigate the complaint and determine whether it will be upheld. If upheld, possible courses of action can include, but are not limited to, the following:

A public warning
Directing candidates to remove election materials/delete social media posts
Suspending a candidate’s campaigning activities for a given period of time
In extreme circumstances, the Returning Officer may disqualify a candidate
The deadline for the submission of complaints is one hour after the close of polling. The Returning Officer will publish anonymised complaints outcomes after the election as part of their report to conference.

Your name Your name First Last

Email

We ask you provide your email address so we can contact you with the outcome of your complaint or for any further information

Phone number

We ask you to provide this if we need to discuss your complaint further

In what capacity are you making this complaint?

In what capacity are you making this complaint? As an individual On behalf of an affiliated member or associate member of NUS

Please enter your NUS Secure Code

Your Students' Union

Who you wish to complain against
(this includes candidates and members of their campaign team)

Which position is the candidate standing for?

Which of the following core rules do you consider the candidate to have breached?

Please select one option, if you consider the candidate has breached multiple rules you can select this below. Please select the main rule you consider the candidate to have breached

Candidates:

Which of the following core rules do you consider the candidate to have breached?

Please select one option, if you consider the candidate has breached multiple rules you can select this below. Please select the main rule you consider the candidate to have breached

Candidates: must treat other candidates, students and members of the public with respect. should not undertake campaigns activity which others could not also reasonably do. campaigns should be fully transparent and accountable to NUS UK. must not do anything to gain an unfair advantage. must not undermine the fair and democratic running of elections. must allow voters to cast their ballot freely and must not communicate with voters in any way once they have begun to complete their ballot. Every electronic device will be deemed a ballot box. must not break the law, venue specific regulations or general NUS UK policy including Code of Conduct, Social Media Policy and Staff Protocol must have a commitment to anti-racism including tackling Islamophobia (as per the APPG Definition) and Antisemitism (as per the IHRA definition) candidates may only undertake campaigning activities within designated spaces at conferences may only alter, move or remove their own campaign materials. may only use mailing lists where lawful to do so. In most cases, this will require the consent of the members on the list to use their details.

Are there any other rules you consider the candidate has breached?

Are there any other rules you consider the candidate has breached? Yes No

Select any other rules you consider to have been breached in relation to your complaint

Candidates:

Select any other rules you consider to have been breached in relation to your complaint

Candidates: must treat other candidates, students and members of the public with respect. should not undertake campaigns activity which others could not also reasonably do. should be fully transparent and accountable to NUS UK. must not do anything to gain an unfair advantage. must not undermine the fair and democratic running of elections. must allow voters to cast their ballot freely and must not communicate with voters in any way once they have begun to complete their ballot. Every electronic device will be deemed a ballot box. must not break the law, venue specific regulations or general NUS UK policy including Code of Conduct, Social Media Policy and Staff Protocol must have a commitment to anti-racism including tackling Islamophobia (as per the APPG Definition) and Antisemitism (as per the IHRA definition) candidates may only undertake campaigning activities within designated spaces at conferences may only alter, move or remove their own campaign materials. may only use mailing lists where lawful to do so. In most cases, this will require the consent of the members on the list to use their details.

Please provide details of your complaint- where applicable please provide dates, times, locations and the names of any witnesses who could be contacted in relation to the complaint

Supporting evidence
Please upload any evidence which is relevant to your complaint. This can include photos, screenshots and emails.

Attach Files

Please note we have limited the number and size of files. If you wish to send further files please email to democracy@nus.org.uk
If your file is larger than 5mb please send via a file sharing platoform (e.g. google docs, dropbox, wetransfer)

What would you like the resolution of your complaint to be?