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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3083876948419065167gmail-docs-internal-guid-f3988cab-7fff-b7b0-3322-d40aad4503f4"><span style="border:medium;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:624px;height:191px"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/DqwwVr8Adz9X52jN-Ag7OJH_X6fE-X-b07ztuut9al_X3MBnmXiUrkZVvOTOnDotR2WPPn-xmszUvlKHEnq_bcCX7SQ2NoxVTlbGRGh4li_agkyGbfzYnWVyaPUmrOGNLrbXxABDAht-s4-xEcBhOEY" width="624" height="191" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"><br></span></span></div>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-642a2951-7fff-581f-583e-1bebffdcc975"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi all,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A friendly reminder that candidate packets for those interested in running in the 2024 UA Elections are due at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8 pm Saturday, March 9</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, with a late packet submission deadline of 8 pm Sunday, March 10. All required documents are available at </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hNFMsfXmb9pv479b-Xcq9gDFRHfpD-Le" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hNFMsfXmb9pv479b-Xcq9gDFRHfpD-Le</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The required candidate meeting is </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8 pm Sunday, March 10</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Official candidates will be emailed a Zoom link before the meeting time. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The UA debate is scheduled for </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8-9 pm Friday, March 15</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in room 1-190. Candidates for UA president and vice president are required to attend the debate. </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Instead of emailing your packet to <a href="mailto:ua-elect@mit.edu">ua-elect@mit.edu</a>, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open S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<div><br></div><div>On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM Helen Wang <<a href="mailto:helenkw@mit.edu" target="_blank">helenkw@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="m_3083876948419065167m_-2671803734754731905m_-966942492729268063gmail-docs-internal-guid-e9fb5e2b-7fff-02fa-1bb0-5a64c943264f"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello, MIT undergraduates!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We're excited to announce elections for the Undergraduate Association (UA) President and Vice President for the upcoming academic year, as well as elections for all positions (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity Chair, Social Chair) on the 2025, 2026, and 2027 Class Councils.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To those who are not interested in running, please still look out for emails and updates on the election process so you can support your classmates. Class participation is an essential component of each year's elections.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you're interested in running for any of the UA or Class Council positions, please follow the instructions in the "</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Becoming a candidate</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">" document. </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hNFMsfXmb9pv479b-Xcq9gDFRHfpD-Le?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All necessary files are available at this link</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hNFMsfXmb9pv479b-Xcq9gDFRHfpD-Le?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hNFMsfXmb9pv479b-Xcq9gDFRHfpD-Le?usp=sharing</a>. This is a bit of a lengthy process, and all the completed forms are</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> due at 8 pm Saturday, March 9. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The signature thresholds this semester are </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">400 signatures </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for UA President and Vice President candidate pairs, and </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">125 signatures </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for Class Council candidates. Please see the "Becoming a candidate" document for more information on the signature requirement. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There will be a meeting for official candidates at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8 pm Sunday, March 10</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. If you are interested in running and cannot attend this meeting, please let us know, and we can work something out.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note that the UA election code and campaign rules have been </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">amended since last semester's elections.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please thoroughly read all documents, even if you have run in previous UA elections. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions, please direct them to </span><a href="mailto:ua-elect@mit.edu" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ua-elect@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! We're here to help.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Helen Wang </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chair, UA Election Commission</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:ua-elect@mit.edu" target="_blank">ua-elect@mit.edu</a></span></p>

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