UNITY, a cabinet jointly formed by second and third year students, won the election for the Executive Council of the 2nd Session of UIC Student Union on Dec. 19, 2007 with 394 votes out of a total of 657.
Besides Unity, Weiming, formed by first year students, won 189 votes and Hanlin, formed by first and second year students, won 71 votes. Three votes were declared invalid. The voting rate was about 31.7%, a higher percentage than that of last year
The poll lasted from 9 am to 8 pm on the 19th. Vote counting was held immediately after. Seven members of the Election Committee counted the votes under supervision of the teachers from the Students Affairs Office and representatives from the three nominated cabinets. The counting process was also recorded in video filmed by students of Cinema and Television Program.
It was the first time for UIC to adopt the cabinet system in student union election. The three nominated cabinets were formed by students freely and organized their election campaigns independently. A public debate was held on Dec12.
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