If you’ve been avoiding student politics for this last year (and we don’t blame you) but still want to vote, look no further than this handy compendium.

Start here:

http://www.martlet.ca/news/elections-faq/

Slate information:

Involve UVic

Refresh UVic

The Independents (and other independent candidates)

Executive video interviews:

Director-at-large questionnaire responses:

http://www.martlet.ca/news/director-at-large-candidates-2015/

Official Facebook pages:

Involve UVic

Refresh UVic

The Independents

Referendum questions:

Food Bank

Martlet articles:

Food bank shortage raises questions about funding (Oct. 2013)

UVSS Food Bank and Free Store relocates in SUB (Oct. 2014)

Why do you think the food bank is needed? (Streeters, Oct. 2013)

Fee re-allocation question: Both slates support re-allocating money from the UVSS Election Fund to the food bank, as the funding level was set when the society still used paper ballots. After transitioning to online voting, money is now left over.

Information from proponents:

Referendum event page

UVSS page

Food bank info video (YouTube)

Fossil fuel divestment

Martlet articles:

Detailed FAQ

UVSS endorsement in 2013

Getting it onto the agenda (Oct. 2014)

UVic climate forum video link

Information from proponents:

Proponent FAQ

Facebook event

Community Garden:

Martlet articles:

Campus Community Garden profile (Profile, May 2014)

UVSS meeting that covers the increase for community garden (Jan. 2015)

Information from proponents:

Official website

Campus Community Garden Facebook page

Environmental Roundtable Facebook event

Campaign video (Vimeo)

Proponent FAQ

Students of Colour Collective referendum:

UVSS audited financial statements (go to page 13). According to SOCC, they receive about $16,000 per year in advocacy council funding, but that just pays for the co-ordinator, who organizes work study students, does clerical work, and fields questions. With additional funding, SOCC hopes to hold more movie screenings, panel events, and re-open their food bank for self-identified people of colour, which closed due to lack of funding. Currently, other advocacy groups get 95 cents from each full-time student per semester. SOCC is looking for 70 cents per full-time student.

Relevant links:

UVSS Elections Office (for official rules and regulations)