SALTY Election Rules
In order to apply and run for a position on the SALTY Board, each candidate prepares a campaign google slide and an election speech. Make sure to read about the available positions.
The current 2025 election cycle is in progress:
- Applications are due by Friday, April 18 - Start by reading the Letter of Invitation!
- View the Candidate Guide which covers the materials you will need to prepare which are due by Tuesday, April 22. Send to asinervo@gmail.com.
- Elections will take place on Sunday, April 27, 2025 - register to attend!
Campaign Speech and Google Slide Rules
- Both must be submitted to asinervo@gmail.com by the deadline - April 22, 2025.
- Your speech must be written in advance and presented at Elections (if you cannot attend, you can submit a video or have a proxy read your speech).
- The speech should be from 2 to 3 minutes long and should be about these topics:
- Introducing yourself (background info)
- Ideas for next year/implementation
- Your qualifications for the role
- There should be no “name calling”
- Your speech should fixate on you and yourself ONLY
- You will work on your speech with one of the advisors (advisors are assigned and will contact you, depending on your position).
- There will be time to caucus after each candidate and time to ask questions of each candidate.
- Your slide can be a summary of your speech or include more information about your campaign platform.
- Your Google slide must be professional and should be visually appealing. Websites like Canva and BeFunky are great places to design your slide (make sure you have the correct sizing).
General Rules
- There is no publicizing on any personal social media.
- There is absolutely no lobbying: if there are any signs of lobbying you will be disqualified.
- All the pieces of your campaign need to be approved by the youth group advisors Mindy Laponis and Aviva Paul.
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