The online ballot for the 2013 Council election opened on 30 July 2013. All qualifying members have been sent an email with a username and password to vote. The final day to vote is 1 October 2013. The results will be announced after 15 October 2013. Members who prefer to vote with a paper ballot should contact the Secretariat at elections2013@iussp.org to request a paper ballot.
CANDIDATES
The ballot includes 24 candidates proposed by the Committee on Nominations and 3 candidates proposed by the membership. Candidates are listed below. In addition members may vote to elect the current IUSSP President 2010-2013, Peter McDonald (Australia) as Honorary President. To learn more about each candidate click on their name to open the candidate’s membership profile which includes a professional summary, a downloadable curriculum vitae and other information uploaded by the candidate.
MEMBER-INITIATED CANDIDATES*
| Tom LeGrand (Canada) | Vice President (President Elect 2018-21) |
| Ayman Zohry (Egypt) | Council member for Africa |
| Christophe Guilmoto (France) | Council member-at-large |
Vice President (President Elect 2018-21) (1 seat, two nominees) | Suzana Cavenaghi (Brazil) | Sonalde Desai (India/USA) |
| Secretary General and Treasurer (1 seat, two nominees) | Gustavo De Santis (Italy) | France Meslé (France) |
| Council member for Africa (1 seat, two nominees) | Cheikh Mbacké (Senegal) | Tom Moultrie (South Africa) |
| Council member for Asia and Oceania (1 seat, two nominees) | Sureeporn Punpuing (Thailand) | Zhenzhen Zheng (China) |
| Council member for Europe (1 seat, two nominees) | Pau Baizan (Spain) | Emily Grundy (United Kingdom) |
| Council member for Latin-America (1 seat, two nominees) | Edith Pantelides (Argentina) | Adela Pellegrino (Uruguay) |
| Council member for North-America (1 seat, two nominees) | Irma Elo (USA) | David Lam (USA) |
| Council Member at large 5 seats*, 10 nominees) | ||
IUSSP ELECTION PROCEDURES
The electoral procedure is controlled by an Election Committee composed of three IUSSP members appointed by the Council. The 2013 Election Committee members are Veronique Hertrich, Catherine Rollet, and Laurent Toulemon.
All current and confirmed members of the IUSSP have the right to vote. Student associates do not vote in the elections.
To increase turn-out, elections are now organized via the Internet, using a secure external online voting company, Votenet Solutions, an Internet voting service that provides online voting for a large number of associations and companies. Members will be sent by email a username and password to access the ballot and vote. However, members who prefer to vote by post can request a paper ballot.
The election opens by 30 July of the year in which the Council term of office ends. To be counted, duly filled ballots must be received at the Union’s headquarters by 1 October of the same year. If a meeting of the General Assembly occurs before 30 September of that year, members in attendance may submit their completed ballot at that meeting, though we urge all members to vote electronically. The counting of the ballot forms will be completed by 15 October. For each category of office, those receiving the highest number of votes will be declared elected. In case of a tie, the President of the Union shall have a deciding vote.
(*)The rules governing IUSSP elections can be found in article 11 of the Constitution.
*PROCEDURE FOR MEMBER-INITIATED NOMINATIONS must be received at IUSSP headquarters at least one month before the next scheduled meeting of the General Assembly or by 15 June of the year in which Council’s term of office ends, whichever is earlier. A nomination must include a statement indicating if the additional nominee should be placed within the slate of a region or within the slate of nominees at large. It must be seconded by at least fifteen Union members of at least five different citizenships and accompanied by the written acceptance of the nominated person. All nomination materials should be sent to the IUSSP Executive Director, Mary Ellen Zuppan, either by post or electronically, in one email entitled "Election 2013 - Nomination" (followed by the name of the candidate). Attached support letters can be scanned or attached as Word or PDF files, with electronic signatures.
**The Committee on Nominations for the 2013 Elections includes John Cleland (President), Alaka Basu, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Kathleen Kiernan, Alan Simmons, Peng Xizhe, and Maria Cosio Zavala.