#AMSvotes Archives - Queen's Journal

Mandatory Bus-it fee passes at AMS Winter Referendum

Written on February 4, 2022. Posted in News.

On Feb. 1 and 2, Queen’s students cast their electronic ballots for the AMS winter referendum. 2,273 students voted out of 19,801 electors eligible, resulting in a voter turnout rate of 11.5 per cent, two per cent higher than the fall referendum. According to AMS Chief Electoral Officer Erica...

Team AJA voted next AMS executive

Written on January 30, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

As voting closed Wednesday night, 28.3 per cent of AMS members voted to elect next year’s undergraduate student leaders. AMS Voters elected Team AJA, comprised of President-elect Jared den Otter, Vice-President-elect (Operations) Alexandra Samoyloff, and Vice-President-elect (University Affairs) Alexia...

AMS announces executive appointment process

Written on February 1, 2018. Posted in News.

On Jan. 31, the AMS announced the process by which they’ll be appointing a new executive at a Feb. 1 special meeting of Assembly. Teams who have been deemed eligible for appointing will introduce themselves in a 10 minute opening presentation to Assembly on Thursday. Following this, the teams will...

Live tweet updates: Election Night

Written on January 30, 2018. Posted in News.

AMS elections – Curated tweets by queensjournal

Updated: current AMS President calls for Special Assembly to determine next year's AMS executive

Written on January 28, 2018. Posted in News.

This story was last updated on Jan. 29 at 6:00 pm AMS Special Assembly to be held Thursday to determine next year’s AMS executive In Li’s statement on Monday, she said the AMS Judicial Committee determined “the President has the authority to call a Special Assembly with 48 hours’ notice to appoint...

Controversy surrounds ASUS election with two disqualifications

Written on January 25, 2018. Posted in News.

At approximately 6 p.m. on Jan. 22, two of three teams running for ASUS executive were notified of their disqualification for campaigning outside the designated period. After unsuccessfully appealing their disqualification to ASUS Policy and Elections Review Committee (PERC), the teams brought their...

AMS executive all-candidates meeting sees minimal turnout and 'lack of engagement'

Written on January 10, 2018. Posted in News.

This story was last updated Jan. 10 at 3:41 p.m with a statement from the AMS executive Traditionally, the AMS all-candidates meeting is where teams of three interested in running for student government executive gather to show their intent to run. However, this Tuesday’s meeting held in Dunning Hall...

JBP to succeed LWT as AMS Executive

Written on January 31, 2017. Posted in News.

Just after 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday night, a boisterous crowd of blue-clad supporters were interrupted by the sudden arrival of the current AMS Executive: the signal that Team JBP had won. Leading the way through the chanting crowd, Vice President (Operations) Dave Walker was the first to embrace President-elect...

MTW’s sincerity surpasses JBP’s preparation

Written on January 27, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

You can practice and memorize how to answer a set of common questions, but sincerity and honesty are a lot harder to learn. The Journal Editorial Board voted to endorse Team MTW for the 2017-18 AMS executive, with a 14-3 vote and two abstentions. Team JBP exudes preparation. They’ve done their homework...

Elections Preview: AMS Executive and Undergraduate Student Trustee Candidates

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in News.

AMS Executive Candidates Team MTW Presidential Candidate (right): Aniqah Mair, CompSci ’18 Vice President Operations Candidate (left): Landon Wilcock, ArtSci ’18 Vice President University Affairs Candidate (centre): Julie Tran, ArtSci ’18 Team JBP Presidential Candidate (centre): Jennifer Li, ConEd...

Update: Team CSG appeal denied

Written on February 9, 2016. Posted in News.

The AMS Judicial Committee has denied an appeal by Team CSG to disqualify Team LWT and declare CSG the incoming AMS executive. Although it was a public hearing, the AMS Judicial Committee failed to inform The Queen’s Journal, as mandated in their policy, until the decision had been made. Team LWT...

Team CSG appeals election results

Written on February 5, 2016. Posted in News.

Three days after their defeat in the AMS executive election by a close margin of 0.6 per cent, Team CSG filed an official appeal to the AMS Judicial Committee on the results of the elections. According to an AMS press release on Thursday evening, George Collister, the Chair of the AMS Judicial Committee,...

Put student apathy in perspective

Written on January 29, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Apathy about student politics may be concerning, but it isn’t a good way to judge overall apathy. The AMS elections didn’t attract as many readers as I expected. A piece on how “strong isn’t the new skinny” received almost 50 times as much readership as The Journal’s coverage of the AMS debate, and...

Team LWT wins AMS executive election by a close margin

Written on January 28, 2016. Posted in News.

Team LWT has officially been elected as the new AMS executive for the 2016-17 school year by a close margin. AMS officials made the announcement at roughly 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday night. Team LWT consists of Tyler Lively for president, David Walker for vice president (operations) and Carolyn Thompson...

UPDATING: 2016 Student Election Results

Written on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

The Journal will update this article as results for the AMS executive, Rector and faculty society elections are released. AMS l Rector l ASUS l COMPSA l EngSoc l ResSoc l CESA l ComSoc AMS At roughly 11:20 p.m. AMS officials announced that Team LWT has been elected as the new AMS executive for the...

Q&A with Team CSG

Written on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

As part of the endorsement process, Journal staff sat down with each of the teams running for AMS executive for a Q&A period. The Journal chose questions that hadn’t been asked, or fully answered, throughout the campaign. The following transcript has been condensed. Team CSG: Colin Zarzour,...

Q&A with Team LWT

Written on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

CSG’s passion pulls through

Written on January 26, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

A big vision is better than playing it safe. In a 12-0 vote with four abstentions, the Journal Editorial Board elected to endorse Team CSG for this year’s AMS Executive. Team LWT’s platform describes a decline in the Queen’s experience and offers improvements to the AMS and its services as a solution....

Zac Baum announces resignation from Rector election prior to debate

Written on January 20, 2016. Posted in News.

Rector candidate Zac Baum announced his resignation from the 2016 Rector election just hours before he was set to join four other Rector candidates in a debate on Wednesday. Baum, CompSci ’17, made the announcement resigned publicly on his campaign Facebook page. Yesterday morning, I made the...

Recap: AMS executive candidates' debate

Written on January 20, 2016. Posted in News.

While the first half of AMS Executive debate was relatively tame, the second period became more contentious as candidates disagreed on matters of the environment, pay scales and services. During the Jan. 19 debate, which was held in Wallace Hall, Team LWT and Team CSG discussed issues as serious as...

Campaign period begins

Written on January 15, 2016. Posted in News.

AMS assembly ratified five Rector candidates and two AMS executive teams on Thursday night: Team CSG headed by Colin Zarzour and Team LWT headed by Tyler Lively. Team CSG is made up of Colin Zarzour for president, Sarah Anderson for vice president (operations) and Gregory Radisic for vice president...

AMS executive candidates disagree on changes to services

Written on January 21, 2014. Posted in News.

The teams running in the AMS executive elections disagree on what changes they see coming for AMS services. Team SMH, consisting of presidential candidate Scott Mason, vice-president (operations) candidate Mark Asfar and vice-president (university affairs) candidate Hasina Daya, said that they are...

QJPolitics: Berkok stays above the fray

Written on January 25, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

David Hadwen is the Journal’s political columnist and will be offering his personal insight on the AMS elections. Hadwen is a fourth-year history student and is not part of the Journal’s Editorial Board. Hadwen’s opinions do not represent those of the Journal. Thursday night’s Presidential debate...

QJPolitics: Draeger dominates debate

Written on January 24, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

Bridge divides candidates

Written on January 24, 2013. Posted in News.

The revitalization of the JDUC was thrust to the forefront of Wednesday night’s AMS vice-president of operations debate. Candidates Peter Green of Team BGP, Craig Draeger of Team PDA and Nicola Plummer of Team TNL drew a full crowd in the Lower Ceilidh of the JDUC for the second night of AMS executive...

Vice-president of university affairs debate unfolds in front of full crowd

Written on January 23, 2013. Posted in News.

At Tuesday night’s vice president of university affairs debate, candidates each shared their teams’ priorities. The debate took place in the Lower Ceilidh of the JDUC in front of a full crowd. TK Pritchard, BGP’s candidate, said his team’s main priority is student health and safety. Pritchard spoke...

Tag: #AMSvotes

Mandatory Bus-it fee passes at AMS Winter Referendum

Team AJA voted next AMS executive

AMS announces executive appointment process

Live tweet updates: Election Night

Updated: current AMS President calls for Special Assembly to determine next year's AMS executive

Controversy surrounds ASUS election with two disqualifications

AMS executive all-candidates meeting sees minimal turnout and 'lack of engagement'

JBP to succeed LWT as AMS Executive

MTW’s sincerity surpasses JBP’s preparation

Elections Preview: AMS Executive and Undergraduate Student Trustee Candidates

Update: Team CSG appeal denied

Team CSG appeals election results

Put student apathy in perspective

Team LWT wins AMS executive election by a close margin

UPDATING: 2016 Student Election Results

Q&A with Team CSG

Q&A with Team LWT

CSG’s passion pulls through

Zac Baum announces resignation from Rector election prior to debate

Recap: AMS executive candidates' debate

Campaign period begins

AMS executive candidates disagree on changes to services

QJPolitics: Berkok stays above the fray

QJPolitics: Draeger dominates debate

Bridge divides candidates

Vice-president of university affairs debate unfolds in front of full crowd

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