​Election Rul​​es

​All candidates and members of student council are held to the highest standards and are expected to model Christian leadership, embody the spirit of the parish and school's mission and SLEs, and comply with the behavioral expectations outlined in this handbook (before, during and after elections). Campaigning and elections are expected to remain positive, fair, honest, and realistic. 

• All campaign slogans and sayings must be appropriate and pertain to Student Council elections. Be short, sweet, and to the point.
• No inappropriate memes.
• Appropriate language and pictures may be used. 
• No inappropriate jokes. 
• Students may not use photos of other students.
• Students failing to demonstrate decency, charity, and common sense with campaing slogans, posters, speeches may be asked to withdraw from their race.
  

Campaign P​oster

• ALL campaign slogans and sayings must be appropriate and pertain to Student Council elections.
• It is recommended that students receive pre-approval for their posters and fliers. 
• 2-Poster boards no bigger than 24X36 are permitted to be hung in designated areas.   
• 4 Small flyers, 8.5x11, can be taped (blue tape) outside or inside buildings. 
• ANY stickers, fliers, etc. lying around school grounds MUST be cleaned up by the candidate or campaign manager/team throughout campaign week.
• NO defacing of campaign materials.
• NO campaign materials are allowed on the junior high fence area.
• NO ‘give-away’ items, ie. pencils, candy, etc. Appropriate campaign stickers are okay to hand out.
• ALL campaigning posters, fliers, etc. MUST be cleaned off school grounds by end of Election Day.
  

Spee​ch 

• Speeches must be at least one minute in duration, but NO longer than 2 minutes.
• Keep speeches simple and appropriate. No props, music or special effects. 
• Speeches must focus on the office and related concerns.
• Statements about opponents or past student council members are not allowed.
• Promises that are outside of the scope of the student council are not allowed.
• Speeches must be professionally presented and geared toward 3rd – 7th grade. 
• A hard copy of the speech must be given to the Student Council Moderator by the published deadline,  NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. 
  

Voting

• Voting is overseen by the Student Council Moderator.
• Students are not permitted to campaign during voting.
• Votes are tallied by the Student Council Moderator and confirmed by the principal.
• Election results are typically announced the same day as voting.