by Ana Rufa Padua

The Ateneo Senior High School Commission on Elections (ASHS ComElec) released the official candidates for the upcoming Strand Vice-Chairperson Elections on their Facebook page on October 2, 2021 (Saturday).

Fourteen candidates are eligible to run in the upcoming Strand Vice-Chairperson (SVC) Elections Elections: three from ABM, five from GA, two from HumSS, and four from STEM. 

The applications were held from September 22 to 28, 2021 at 8 pm.

A timeline of activities was also released prior to the filing of candidacy, these are the dates to remember:

October 4	Candidate Briefing
October 5	Town Hall Debates Briefing
October 11 to 18	Campaign Period
October 11 to 14	Town Hall Debates
October 18 to 19	Pre-recorded Live Streaming via APCO
October 20	Election Day
October 26	Announcement of Results
October 28	Candidate Debriefing

Following this, a new system called the “Strand Ambassador System” has been implemented by the ASHS ComElec for this year’s SVC Elections.

The said system was created to ensure that all candidates will have equal media exposure and ensure the election does not turn into a competition to garner supporters. It is also a means for the ComElec to efficiently monitor, evaluate, and organize the activities of the candidates and voters. 

Here are the guidelines for the ambassador system:

• One group chat for each strand composed of the candidates from the respective strand and the ComElec En Banc will be made by the ComElec;
• Candidates can add ambassadors as soon as they are added;
• Candidates are not allowed to create a separate ambassador group chat

Students from any strand may partake in any strand ambassador group chat given that they are not a part of the Sanggunian Core, the ASHS ComElec, or a faculty, teacher, and admin of ASHS.

To view the full resolution for the final list of candidates, you may access this link:  https://bit.ly/OfficialSVCCandidates or visit ASHS ComElec’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ASHSCOMELEC

Photo Source: ASHS ComElec