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Old 14th November 2006, 11:08pm   #46
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Re: NUS Referendum

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Rumour has it that the NUS have boycotted the referendum because they view it as unfair. This is presumably regarding the 15% of students required to vote clause.

there were only about 4 representatives on the 'Yes' side of the campaign present at the heckling meeting, i'm told.

4 representatives.. for fucks sake.
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Old 14th November 2006, 11:21pm   #47
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Re: NUS Referendum

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Rumour has it that the NUS have boycotted the referendum because they view it as unfair. This is presumably regarding the 15% of students required to vote clause.
I though it was to do with the fact that the qmu, guu, gusa and src are all campaigning against joining...
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Old 16th November 2006, 12:40am   #48
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Re: NUS Referendum

Results:

Yes: 262
No: 4065
Spoiled ballots: 36

Well in, most of those people. Better turnout than I had expected.
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Old 16th November 2006, 1:06am   #49
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Re: NUS Referendum

And at least one of the yes votes was a mistake. The guy meant to put no but wasn't paying attention so go the wrong box by mistake.
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i was most pleased when i heard. those are some good stats and a surprisingly good turnout given the way such votes usually go!

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Re: NUS Referendum

Yay!
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Re: NUS Referendum

That was the first time I've heard people laugh when the result of a vote were announced.
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That was the first time I've heard people laugh when the result of a vote were announced.
whats even better is that i heard them laughing from downstairs...
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