Live blog: 2015 RSU election results
Join us from the campus pub, Ram in the Rye, where our reporters await the final tally for the 2015 Ryerson Students' Union elections. Voting took place Feb. 9 - 11 and the polls closed at 5:30 p.m. today.
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Unite Ryerson’s VP education candidate has been under fire for applauding the killing of New York police officers on social media. “Is it bad of me that I applaud the killing of the two cops in NYC?” he posted to his private Facebook account.
He also wrote “Cops got killed? Good. It’s a false flag operation resulting in cops dying? Good. #Brooklyn” in a tweet on his private Twitter account.Of the posts, Mohamed said: “The killing of all these innocent black people was very hard for me because I also suffer from racial profiling. I categorically, unequivocally condemn the use of violence in any situation and the harm of innocent people.”
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Just want to note that voter turnout for presidents in two buildings is 790 - just under half of total turn out last year. #RSUElectionsby hannahvandyk via twitter 2/12/2015 2:38:02 AM -
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Voter turnout from two polling stations for just president position is 809 including spoilt votes. #RSUElectionsby Prajakta Dhopade via twitter 2/12/2015 2:43:14 AM -
Love the student engagement in #RSUElections tonight. Students writing the future of #Ryerson, & I'm excited to create together! #RyersonSAby jengonzales8 via twitter 2/12/2015 2:46:14 AM -
Attention divided between #RSUElections results and @Raptors game. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9nIhu_CUAA_qum.jpg
by Prajakta Dhopade via twitter 2/12/2015 2:47:36 AM -
Bartlett is now in the lead. She told The Ryersonian that her top three goals if elected as president are:
1. Communication and financial transparency
2.Lobby to decrease financial document fees and increase members in financial aid offices
3.Create a mutually beneficial relationship between the Canadian Federation of Students and the RSU -
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Big win for @transformRU tonight! Finally got the votes in #RSUElectionsby Shannon Baldwin via twitter 2/12/2015 6:54:13 AM -
Copy story as promised >> Transform RU in a sweep. Read all about it - and more tomorrow:#RSUelections
Transform RU sweeps the 2015 RSU elections
Ryersonian.caTweetChange has rolled across the campus from Church St. and Mutual St. to College Park. Every executive candidate from the Transform RU slate has won, starting with the Andrea Bartlett, who will become president of the Ryerson Students’ Union. Bartlett says that Transform’s campaign was based on transparency and communication, and as president, she’ll continue... -
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