a. The EC shall ensure the fair running of the Sabbatical Elections.

b. The EC shall enforce these regulations.

c. The EC shall investigate any complaint made against any candidate.

a. This election will be conducted in accordance with the Students? Union constitution.

b. Breaching these regulations may result in candidates being struck from the ballot, as provided for in section 7.4.2 of the Students? Union constitution.

a. Candidates are subject to College Regulations as set out in the 2011-2012 College Calendar.

b. This includes, but is not limited to, regulations governing postering, flyering, content of any election material, and personal conduct.

c. Serious breaches of College Regulations will be reported to the relevant college authorities where appropriate.

a. Candidates may not receive sponsorship from any internal or external organisation.

b. Sponsorship by an individual acting in a position of authority in any internal or external organisation, or by an individual working with any internal or external organisation may be considered sponsorship by that organisation.

c. Sponsorship can take the form of - but is not limited to - financial aid or provision of resources or advertising. Sponsorship also includes participation with campaigning by any individual acting in their capacity with any internal or external organisation.

a. Any person who campaigns on a candidate's behalf or contributes to a candidate's election campaign is considered to be a member of that candidate's campaign team.

b. Each candidate must nominate a campaign manager, which may be the candidate themselves. This person will be the first point of contact for the EC and must be available to communicate with the EC when necessary.

c. The campaign manager will be responsible for returning any confiscated material to the EC within a timely manner.

d. These regulations apply to a candidate?s campaign team as well as the candidate.

e. It is the duty of the candidate to inform their campaign team of these regulations.

f. Candidates are responsible for the actions of their campaign team and will be held accountable for them by the EC.

g. The Sabbatical Officers may not be part of any campaign team and must be neutral in dealing with all candidates, unless they themselves are candidates.

h. The Oversight Commission may not be part of any campaign team and must be neutral in dealing with all candidates.

a. Nominees and their Campaign Managers must attend a briefing on the election regulations as organised by the EC.

b. Nominees and their Campaign Managers must sign an agreement to abide by the regulations at this briefing.

c. Failure of a nominee to attend the briefing or sign the agreement will be considered withdrawal of nomination.

a. Campaigning will begin at 23:00 on Sunday the 5th February 2012.

b. Campaigning will end at 16:00 on Thursday the 16th February 2012.

c. There shall be no campaigning before this period. Any campaigning before this period can be severely dealt with by the EC and may result in a candidate being struck off the ballot.

a. The use of any unsolicited electronic communication is forbidden

b. An electronic mailing list is defined as: Any collection of names and/or e-mail addresses and/or telephone numbers used by an individual or organisation to send material to multiple recipients.

c. The use of club, society, DU Publications, Students' Union, Graduate Students' Union or college designed electronic mailing lists is forbidden.

d. Use of any of the above shall be considered a serious offence and may lead to the disqualification of a candidate.

a. Online web presence controlled or generated by a candidate, or by any persons acting on behalf of the candidate, is permitted and encouraged; subject to these election regulations.

b. Any communication via online social networking must be in accordance with s. 2(2). This precludes, but is not limited to, the use of unsolicited 'tagging', opt out Facebook groups, etc.

c. Candidates must provide the EC with access to any online presence related to the campaign on the   request of the EC.

a. Flyers and manifestos may only be handed directly to students. Flyers and manifestos delivered by any other methods may be confiscated by the EC until the end of the Campaign Period.

b. The EC withholds discretion to impose further sanctions in accordance with section 4 of this Schedule upon breach of flyering provisions.

a. Stalls may be set up in the Hamilton and Arts Building concourses only at times and dates set by the EC.

b. The position of the stalls will be allocated by lottery.

c. The size and layout of the stalls shall be determined by the EC.

d. There may only be one stall per candidate at any time.

e. Stalls may not be used for any other purpose at the same time.

f. Stalls may not be left unattended by the candidate or their campaign team.

g. Candidates are responsible for cleaning their stall and the area around it.

a. Campaigning may only be conducted in previously approved areas, including: Trinity College campus, D'Olier St. (“The Gas Building”), Trinity Halls or any institution affiliated with Trinity College or the University of Dublin.

b. Candidates running in the Ents race may request campaigning to be allowed at a venue/event, which they run. No TCDSU, CSC, JCR or DUCAC events will be considered and all permissions are given at the discretion of the EC.

c. The EC shall decide what areas are approved campaign areas and candidates will be informed before campaigning begins.

d. The EC withholds the right to redefine the campaign area for any or all candidates at any point during the campaign period.

e. This does not exclude candidates or their campaign teams from wearing approved campaign clothing outside of these areas.

f. No campaign material should be visible from the windows of any offices or rooms in approved campaign areas.

a. A stunt is defined as any action that is performed as part of a campaign that is not already covered in these regulations.

b. The EC encourage inventive and original stunts. However stunts must comply with these regulations.

c. Stunts must be approved by the EC in advance and receipts for all materials must be presented in advance. These will be discussed in the strictest confidence. The EC must be given a minimum of 24 hours notice to approve or reject a stunt.

d. The EC reserves the right to provisionally reject stunts where they have not been given a minimum of 24 hours notice to approve or reject a stunt.

a. The polling area is the part of any building or area being used by the EC for polling.

b. The limits of the polling area are defined by the EC.

c. There may be no campaigning in any polling area or in line of sight of any person partaking in voting. This includes but is not limited to the displaying of campaign material.

d. The EC maintains full discretion on what activity is allowed in any polling area.

a. Candidates may not give any form of gift or anything which may be construed as a gift to students, as determined by the EC.

a. Posters must be A3.

b. There will be no maximum of posters per candidate.

c. Posters may be in any available colour scheme except monochrome black or purple.

d. There is only one design permitted per candidate.

e. Posters may only be affixed to SU notice boards or other locations subject to the approval of the EC.

f. There may only be one poster per candidate per notice board.

g. Posters may not be placed over other legitimate posters.

h. Candidates or their campaign teams may not remove any poster from these notice boards unless it is a campaign poster of that candidate.

i. Posters which fail to comply with the election regulations or college regulations will be removed and may incur a penalty decided by the EC in accordance with section 4.

j. Poster designs must be submitted by a deadline defined by the Secretary of the EC in order to ensure their arrival in time for the campaign period.

a. Manifestos must be A4

b. There will be no maximum of manifestos per candidate.

c. Manifestos may be in any available colour scheme except monochrome black or purple.

d. There is only one design permitted per candidate.

e. Manifesto designs must be submitted by a deadline defined by the Secretary of the EC in order to ensure their arrival in time for the campaign period.

a. Flyers must be a maximum size of A6.

b. There will be no maximum of flyers per candidate.

c. Flyers may be in any available colour scheme except monochrome black or purple.

d. Candidates may have multiple flyer designs.

e. Candidates must order flyers through the Secretary of the EC, but may do so at their convenience.

a. Any number of printed items of clothing limited only by the €500 spending limit may be used by candidates.

b. Clothing may be in any available colour scheme, apart from purple.

c. Clothing must be stamped or otherwise marked by the EC before they will be given to candidates.

d. The stamp or marking must be shown to any member of the EC upon request.

e. Clothing designs, including wristband designs must be submitted to the Secretary of the EC by a deadline defined by the EC in order to ensure their arrival and stamping in time for the campaign period.

f. Clothing includes - but is not limited to - t-shirts, hoodies, hats, badges, wristbands and other accessories.

g. The campaign manager shall be responsible for returning any items of clothing to the EC within the  prescribed time limits set by the EC, should it be requested by the EC. Failure to do so may result in further sanctions being imposed by the EC.

a. Ordering of posters, manifestos, flyers and clothing must be done through the Secretary of the EC.

b. The EC shall source printers to be used for all candidates.

c. No candidate may use any printed material, except if obtained through the EC.

d. Clothing designs may be ordered once the nominations have opened, but must be ordered through the EC.

e. All material submitted to the EC will be treated in the strictest confidence.

f. The EC shall set a deadline for submission of designs.

g. Candidates will be issued with their campaign material in time for the campaign provided that it has been ordered in time.

a. Candidates who do not wish to issue printed material may use written or black & white photocopied posters, manifestos and flyers.

b. Candidates may use hand-made material such as banners, costumes etc, subject to the prior approval of the EC.

c. All photocopied or handmade material must be stamped by the EC.

d. Receipts must be provided in full before the use of this material.

a. Any unsanctioned campaign material will be confiscated by the EC and returned to the candidate after the Campaigning Period.

b. The use of unsanctioned campaign material may be considered a serious offence.

c. Stickers are not permitted.

d. Candidates may only use campaign materials approved by the EC.

e. Any campaign material that is not covered above must be cleared with the EC in advance.

a. Candidates must deposit €50 with the secretary of the EC by 17:30 on the 23rd January 2011.

b. Candidates may be reimbursed at the end of the elections, subject to achieving a proportion of the valid poll as decided by the EC.

c. Any monies not returned to candidates will be given to a charity chosen by the EC.

a. Any breach of the regulations contained within this document may require the candidate or campaign manager to report to the daily evening meeting of the EC where the issue will be discussed and sanctions may be issued.

b. A breach of these election regulations in letter or in spirit will result in the imposition of a penalty as outlined in these regulations and require the candidate to sign a formal agreement acknowledging the result of any further breach of regulations.

c. Failure to report to these meetings or failure to sign the formal agreement will result in the candidate being removed from the ballot.

d. All decisions regarding the amount of confiscated materials and/or the severity of future agreed punishments remain at the discretion of the EC.

a. If candidates breach these election regulations in letter or in spirit they may have campaign material confiscated for a duration set by the EC.

b. The EC may confiscate any material as defined in Section 3 and any material used in authorised or unauthorised stunts.

c. The type and quantity of material confiscated by the EC shall be determined by the EC.

d. The EC shall have discretion to vary the type and quantity of material confiscated.

e. The EC shall have the discretion to vary the duration of time for which material will remain confiscated.

f. A candidate may not replace any confiscated material by purchasing new material of the same type, whether the spending limit has been reached or not, for the duration of the confiscation period.

g. All confiscated material will be made available to the candidate at least one week after the end of the campaign

a. If candidates breach these election regulations in letter or in spirit the EC may exercise their right to limit the campaign area for that particular candidate for a duration set by the EC.

b. The type and extent of limitation made by the EC shall be determined by the EC

c. The EC shall have discretion to vary the type and extent of limitation.

d. The EC shall have the discretion to vary the duration of time for which the campaign area is limited.

a. If candidates breach these election regulations in letter or in spirit the EC may exercise their right to limit the online presence for that particular candidate for a duration set by the EC.

b. The type and extent of limitation made by the EC shall be determined by the EC.

c. The EC shall have discretion to vary the type and extent of limitation.

d. The EC shall have the discretion to vary the duration of time for which the online presence is limited.

a. Campaign expenditure on materials or clothing may not exceed €500. An additional €150 is available to be spent on stunts only. This additional expenditure does not preclude the use of some or all of the standard €500 limit on stunts.

b. Expenditure is limited to:

i. Approved Campaign Materials (as in Section 3 of these regulations)

ii. Stunts

c. Receipts for any campaign expenditure must be provided to the EC.

d. Receipts must be provided before the use of any campaign material or the performing of any stunts.

e. The validity of any receipt can be investigated by the EC. Contact details for the provider of any receipt must be provided on request to the EC.

f. Falsifying evidence of campaign expenditure or failing to provide evidence of expenditure is a serious offence and may result in a candidate's name being struck from the ballot.

a. Verbal, physical or other forms of attack or intimidation used against other candidates, members of the EC or any student or staff member will be considered a serious offence by the EC.

b. Inappropriate conduct will therefore be subject to appropriate penalties.

c. Candidates are expected to behave in a manner that does not bring Trinity College or the Students' Union into disrepute.

d. The EC may require candidates or members of their campaign team to cooperate with investigations into complaints. This may include asking candidates or campaigners to attend meetings.