** Reply to note from Kirsty E Gray <[log in to unmask]> Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:53:07 +0100
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:36:18 +0100, Mandi Barron <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> I understand that the NUS are encouraging students to register to vote and
> have informed some Students' Unions that they can block register students
> living on university owned/managed accommodation .......
>
> No - I can't see how they could get away with this either!
>
> Despite the fact that its an offence to fail to register, the days of
> electoral registration officers knocking on doors asking people why they
> haven't bothered are long gone, due to risk of a punch in the face.
>
> Normally its the responsibility of the 'head of household' to fill in the
> annual ER census form and sign as a true record. The new 'rolling
> registration' form, however, is completed per person.
>
> Is NUS suggesting that students on campus live in the university's
> household? So is the Chancellor the 'head of household' or the Accomodation
> Manager?
>
> Either way, each voter has a right to choose whether they want to be on the
> full or the restricted register - a specific DP issue - and I can't see how
> the university can make that decision for hundreds of young people.
Agreed and also add to that ... :-)
It has got nothing to do with Students' Unions. Unions may have some (all?)
students as members but that is about it. If a block registration was to happen it
would come from the university proper (eg. a registry office or similar).
And what happens when the university accomodation has been outsourced?
Of course we could have compulsory voting ... but that is for a different list.
Regards
Charles
--
Charles Christacopoulos, Management Information Officer,
Planning & Information, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN,
Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-348845.
http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ ::egothor http://www.egothor.org/
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