Hall Turnout 3.14 - Detailed statistics can be found in appendix 7. 3.15 - A Hall Turnout Award was introduced to be awarded to the Hall with the highest percentage turnout. Voting statistics were published live on the website and also promoted by social media and targeted emails to encourage a sense of competition between the Halls. The trophy was won by Southwell Hall with 75.5% turnout (133 out of 176 residents). The Award will be handed over at the JCR/Hall Committee Awards Ceremony 2015 3.16 – There was no obvious correlation between candidate membership of halls (historical or current) and voter turnout as can be seen from the graph below: School Turnout 3.17 - This was the second year that we had live statistics for Schools at the Student Leader Elections. (Detailed statistics can be found in appendix 8.) 3.18 - A School Turnout Award was introduced last year to be awarded to the School with the highest percentage turnout. Voting statistics were published live on the website and also promoted by social media and targeted emails to encourage a sense of competition between the Schools. The trophy was won for the second year running by the School of Geography with 61.99% turnout (424 of 684 students voting). Kieran Phelan of Nottingham Geography Society collecting the Turnout trophy on behalf of School of Geography 3.19 - Turnout was up from 2014 across the schools with the exception of Economics, the Engineering schools, and Life Sciences. 3.20 - With respect to the relationship of candidates to schools, as with the Halls there is no obvious correlation between number of candidates and turnout. 3.22 - In general, candidate memberships at school and hall level do not currently seem to be a significant contributing factor to voter turnout. Delivery of the Elections Project Planning
Preferred Communication Channels During the Voting Period Messages about: Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3 Segment 4 Segment 5 Segment 6 Segment 7 Segment 8 Raising awareness of voting period SU email & social media & lecture shout outs SU email, social media SU email SU email, social media, candidates chatting directly, SU email SU email SU email, social media SU email, social media SU email Raising awareness of how to vote SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email Understanding differences between candidates Videos by candidates chatting with the candidates Not much at all! SU email or lecture shout outs at a push Chatting with candidates directly Chatting with candidates directly Chatting with candidates directly Social media Chatting with candidates directly Understanding the relevance of voting SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email SU email deciding who to vote for Chatting directly with candidates & Videos by candidates chatting with the candidates chatting with the candidates chatting with the candidates chatting with the candidates chatting with the candidates chatting with the candidates chatting with the candidates What led to the actual vote Chatting directly with candidates & SU email Chatting directly with candidates & SU email Not much at all! SU email at a push Chatting directly with candidates & SU email Chatting directly with candidates & SU email Chatting directly with candidates & SU email Chatting directly with candidates & SU email & social media Chatting directly with candidates & SU email What did this segment experience? Text from DG taxis Text from DG taxis Text from DG taxis Text from DG taxis Text from DG taxis Text from DG taxis & SU emails Text from DG taxis Text from DG taxis