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UMSU Council fills vacant representative seats

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Craig Adolphe
On Oct. 14 UMSU Council filled three empty community representative council seats by appointing new students to fill the aboriginal, international, and students living with disabilities representative positions. The appointments were made in accordance with...
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“Vote – anywhere” with advanced polling stations

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Craig Adolphe
The University of Manitoba campus’s advanced polling station stayed open over a span of three days—Sept. 30 to Oct. 2—during which 290 people cast ballots for Winnipeg’s 2014 municipal election. The station was located in...
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Profile: U of M students running for school trustee

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Craig Adolphe
Two University of Manitoba students are running for school trustee as part of Winnipeg’s 2014 municipal election, taking place Oct. 22. The Manitoban asked both candidates about themselves and their experiences running for office. Tanjit Nagra Tanjit...
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U1 council election sees drop in voter turnout

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Craig Adolphe
The University 1 (U1) student council held elections last week to fill its 11 representative positions. Outgoing UMSU representative for the U1 council and CRO for the U1 elections, Sanjana Vijayann, told the Manitoban that...
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Developing story: Winnipeg mayoral candidates on ranked ballots

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Craig Adolphe
Robert-Falcon Ouellette, David Sanders, Judy Wasylycia-Leis, and Brian Bowman voiced their opinions on ranked ballots as an alternative to first-past-the-post for future Winnipeg elections. The Manitoban contacted all of the mayoral candidates for their position...
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CFS-MB releases, retracts city mayoral candidate report card

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Craig Adolphe
The Canadian Federation of Students-Manitoba (CFS-MB) released a report last week assigning grades to all of the mayoral candidates still in the running for Winnipeg’s municipal elections, and then proceeded to retract it later...
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Ouellette weighs in on ranked ballot system

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Craig Adolphe
Robert-Falcon Ouellette has come out in support of ranked ballots as an alternative to first-past-the-post for future Winnipeg elections. Mayoral candidates on rapid transit, value of post-secondary education Municipal election draws big names for open St....
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