The highest decision-making power in the Student Union of the University of Lapland is exercised by the Council of Representatives. The Council of Representatives is elected by the members of the Student Union by proportional election. The term of office of the current Council of Representatives expires on 30 November 2021 and the new Council of Representatives will begin its two-year term on 1 December 2021. The Council of Representatives consists of twenty (20) members. The Representative Council Election is held electronically.

The election day is on Wednesday 3 November 2021

Advance voting is on 28 and 29 October and on 1 and 2 November 2021

The voting will take place in the Vakka election system both on the election day and in advance voting, and registration is carried out using the Haka IDs of the students at the University of Lapland.

Voting begins on election day and advance voting days at 8 AM and ends at 8 PM.

Only members of the Student Union who have registered to attend the University of Lapland no later than 16 September 2021 have the right to vote in the Representative Council elections. The electoral register of those entitled to vote are displayed on 17-21 September 2021 on the student union’s official notice board, at Ahkiomaantie 23 B, on the student union bulletin board of Meidän Lovisa, in the main building of the University of Lapland, at Yliopistonkatu 8 and in the F-wing customer service point.

Any requests for correction of the electoral register must be made to the Central Election Committee by 3 PM on 29 September 2021. Requests for corrections to the electoral register must be submitted to the Office of the Student Union, to the Secretary General.

Everyone entitled to vote is eligible to stand as a candidate. The documents used in the election are available from the Student Union’s office, Ahkiomaantie 23 B and from the Student Union’s website, at http://www.lyy.fi/lyy/asiakirjat/muut/. Candidates or electoral alliances must submit their election documents to the Central Election Committee in a sealed envelope at the Student Union’s office to the Secretary General, Adviser of Educational and Social Affairs or Adviser of Organization and Communication at Ahkiomaantie 23 B, no later than 1 October 2021 at 12 PM.

Rovaniemi 15 September 2021

THE STUDENT UNION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND  
Central Election Committee

Linnea Pikkupeura                                                                   
Chair of the Central Election Committee

Miikka Keränen
Secretary of the Central Election Committee