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Office of the Assemblies

Employee Assembly Spring 2024 Elections

April 11, 2024

Meet the Candidates
All regular full-time and part-time staff members in a non-exempt, exempt, or academic non-professorial staff category; and who are employed at the Ithaca, AgriTech in Geneva or Cornell Tech campuses of the university are eligible to run for a seat in this election.

Application Process:

Each person who wishes to be a candidate in these elections must complete the following requirements by 5:00 p.m (EST) on Friday, March 22nd, 2024.
  1. Review the open seats listed below and select ONE.
    • All seats will be elected using the Ranked Choice Vote method of voting tabulation. Each seat will be elected with voters ranking candidates in order of preference; the two  “At-Large” seats will be awarded to the top two candidates in that race. You may also direct questions to assembly@cornell.edu.
  2. Review the Election Rules and Candidate Eligibility Guidelines below to ensure your eligibility.
  3. Complete the online registration form (available after 8:00 a.m. on March 1, 2024) including:
    • Name as you would like it to appear on the ballot (if different)
    • Phone number
    • Campus address
    • Seat for which you are running
    • Current employee category
    • Personal Statement (up to 1,250 characters including spaces)
    • Photo
  4. While petitions are typically required for assembly elections, they are being waived for the Spring 2024 election to create greater parity between staff who are in-person, hybrid, or remote. 
  5. Attend (or send a proxy on your behalf) the mandatory candidate information session on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 via Zoom (link to be provided).
Please note: All newly seated members will be expected to attend the Organizational Meeting of the 2024-2025 Employee Assembly on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, immediately following the EA meeting that day (12:00-1:15PM)
If you have any questions or concerns, email the Employee Assembly Elections Committee at ea-elections@cornell.edu.
 
Important Information:
​Registration Materials:
Additional Forms:
Important Dates
Deadline for Election Registration
  • Friday, March 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST-online registration form submission.
Mandatory Candidate Information Session
  • Tuesday, March 26, 2024 from 12:00-12:45 PM via Zoom.
Campaigning Begins
  • Tuesday, March 26, 2024-immediately following the Mandatory Candidate Information Session
​Online Voting Begins​​​
  • Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 9:00AM EST
Voting Ends
  • Monday, April 15, 2024 at 12:00PM EST
Expense Reports and Candidate Challenge Forms Due
  • Monday, April 15, 2024 at 12:00PM EST via electronic submission to the Office of the Assemblies at assembly@cornell.edu
Earliest Results Will Be Announced
  • Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 12:00PM EST
CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY
 
Employees who meet the following criteria are eligible to participate in this election.
Candidates must:
  • work full-time or part-time in a non-exempt, exempt, or academic non-professorial staff category.
  • work at the Ithaca, AgriTech in Geneva or Cornell Tech campus.
  • work in the corresponding academic college/school if seeking those seats, in the corresponding staff unit if seeking those seats, or identify as a member of the corresponding affinity if seeking an "at-large" seat.
  • plan to remain so for the duration of the term of the seat being elected.
OPEN SEATS:
Note: Seats indicated by an asterisk (*) have been unfilled for over a year. The Employee Assembly is particularly interest in finding candidates to represent these seats.
1 Year Term (ending in Spring 2025)
  • Financial Affairs, Budget & Planning, Audit & Investment Representative*
  • SC Johnson School of Business Representative*
2 Year Term (ending in Spring 2026)
  • Graduate School and Law School Representative*
  • School of Industrial and Labor Relations Representative*
3 Year Term (ending in Spring 2027)
  • Disability Representative At-Large
  • Library and Museum Representative
  • Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Representative At-Large
  • More than 20 Years of Service Representative At-Large
  • College of Architecture, Art & Planning Representative
  • College of Arts and Sciences Representative
  • College of Engineering/Computer Information Sciences Representative
  • International Representative At-Large
  • Health and Safety Representative At-Large*
  • Division of Human Resources Representative
  • School of Continuing Education, Summer Sessions, and eCornell Representative
  • School of Public Policy Representative*