Tories Left Standing in Election Meltdown, in Conversation with BBC 5
As a first-time voter, I need help understanding what is happening in the often paradoxical world of politics. This is why I joined a panel of first-time voters on BBC…
Is America ready for a progressive candidate?
By Maritsa Tsioupra-Lewis On September 12th in Houston, Texas, the third Democratic debate commenced. With too-many-to-count candidates originally running in the Democratic primary, the group was dwindled down to ten…
SU elections – voter turnout lowest in a decade
The results are in for this year’s Students’ Union election, which saw 40 candidates running to be elected representatives of the student body at Sussex. Of the total 19,025 students…
Students’ Union election week pushed back
Voting to elect new Full-Time and Part-Time Officers to the Students’ Union has been delayed by one week. Elections were due to take place between 12th-16th March, but will now…
Increased Turnout in Students’ Union Elections
Students have elected their new representatives. Recent Students’ Union elections saw an increased turnout and a record number of international student candidates. Recent Students’ Union elections allowed students to choose…
New Students’ Union Officer Team Elected
The new Students’ Union officer team has been elected, with the lowest voter turnout since 2012. Only 3601 students voted, compared with the 4725 votes cast in 2015’s election. A…
Less than five percent turnout for Student Rep elections
Only 612 students took part in this year’s Students’ Union Student Rep elections. This marks the lowest percentage turnout in recent years for Student Rep elections and is almost a…
The Big Debate: should prisoners get the vote?
As David Cameron enters a face-off with the European Court of Human Rights, this week’s Badger asks, should prisoners receive the right to vote? YES — Cello David To not…
RESULTS ANNOUCNED! Next year's part-time officers are revealed…
The election results for the new part-time officers of the University of Sussex Students’ Union came out on Thursday 19 May. Voting was conducted online, at Falmer House and the…
Think twice before you self-identify
Here at radical Sussex, racism, homophobia, sexism and other forms of bigotry and discrimination are rightly deplored. If I was to ask you now if you were pro-equality and opposed…
Interview with future union president David Cichon
In your campaign, you pledged to increase democracy, transparency and representation and to create a more inclusive union. What have you done for union democracy so far, as Chair of…