Election Articles:

Applications for MIMSA’s General Board are presented to the Election Committee by the candidates themselves until 8 days before the elections, having in each list the name of its candidates as well as the corresponding position. – Article 63

Candidates requirements – must not be in risk of being expelled by the Faculty during the elected term. – Article 67

Candidate team is composed of President and Vice-President.     – Article 68

Incompatibilities:         Article 69
No member may be in more than one list pertaining to the positions of the President or Vice President.
Candidates can apply for other board positions.
No candidate can simultaneously hold different positions within the General Board.
Complaints about the enrollment or omission of any name apply for any Board Member, should be submitted to the Election

Committee until 3 days before the elections – Article 62

Election Committee – composed of a students representative (not involved in elections) and a member of the General Board.

Election Committee dissolves with the swearing in of the new President and Vice-President. – Article 64

Duties and Responsibilities of the Election Committee:      Article 65
Judge the eligibility or ineligibility of the candidates.
Equally affect to each one of the lists the same venues destined to the campaign.
Verify the electoral process eligibility and its conformity within the constitution.
Design the members of voting tables.

Election Campaign will last 3 weeks.                             Article 71
Voting Period – from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Since this year, the elections will be held in the form of E-voting, from 6p.m. to 7p.m the Election Committee will be present in the MIMSA office, to help anyone who might have problems with the E-voting).

The Votes are collected in accordance to the procedure decided by the members of Election Committee at the start of the election period. Only members on the census roll may vote. – Article 72

Upon completion of the election, members of Election Committee will proceed publicly with the counting of votes, verifying if they match to the number of discharges of the census rolls. Calculated the results, the Election Committee will proclaim winners the list that were more voted and each present member of the Election Committee will sign the minute of the Tabulation of Votes Meeting. – Article 73

The candidates team may submit complaint, within reason, to the Election Committee, of the electoral act validity. Election Committee judging reasonable such complain, will summon urgently a General Meeting destined to appreciate and decide the Impugnation request. – Article 74

Swearing in – The Election Committee will induct the elected members in a GM, happening 15 to 30 working days after the elections. The ceased General Board only can exert acts of management till the swearing of the newly elected General Board, and will deliver every documents of MIMSA as well as its respective inventory to the elected General Board. Of this act it will be made minutes having the signature of the elected General Board’s President and the ceased General Board’s President. – Article 75