ELECTIONS

The KSA Cabinet shall be elected for a one-year term by a simple majority of eligible voters

who actually voted in the KSA Elections. After a student has served his/her one-year term in

the KSA he/she can run again in the next KSA elections, excluding the KSA President, who

is allowed to serve only one term as the President.

1. The election of the KSA President, KSA Vice-President of Administration, KSA

Vice-President of Sports and Culture and KSA Vice-President of Finance along with

the 11 deputies shall be done as provided in the KSA Constitution provisions and

codes.

2. A deputy shall be any full time KIMEP student with good academic record. Any

student aspiring to be a deputy must be endorsed by 20 full time KIMEP students with GPA not less than 2.00. Only the students with the same first 4 numbers in ID can give votes for their deputy candidate.

3. Any graduate student aspiring to be candidate for a post of deputy must be endorsed

by 10 full time graduate students at KIMEP.

4. Candidates running for international student deputy shall be full time international

students at KIMEP and must be endorsed by 10 international students at KIMEP.

5. Candidates for the office of the President shall be any full time student with good

academic record. A candidate for the office of the President must have earned at least

sixty one (61) credits at KIMEP and with GPA not less than 2.67. Any student aspiring to be a candidate for the office of the President must be endorsed by at least 50 full time KIMEP students. One student can nominate only one candidate for the position of the President of KSA. To run for the office of the President of KSA, a candidate must also have at least 1 year experience of work in the KIMEP Student Association as an officially elected member.

6. Candidates for offices of VP Administration, VP Sports and Culture and VP Finance

shall be full time students of KIMEP with good academic record. Candidate for any Vice-President office must have earned at least thirty one (31) credits at KIMEP and with GPA not less than 2.33. A student aspiring to be a candidate for any of the three Vice-Presidents positions should indicate the exact Vice-President position he/she is running for and should be endorsed by at least 40 full time KIMEP students. One student can nominate only one candidate for each position of Vice-President.

7. Any full-time student can give vote for 1 deputy according to his/her year of entry and

college, 3 Vice-Presidents and the President independently.

8. Students that are currently taking any foundation English level courses can give vote

for 1 deputy according to his/her year of entry and college, 3 Vice-Presidents and the

President independently.

9. Any student who is considered full time and who has “regular student” status by

University policy may be a candidate for any office provided the other specific

requirements for the particular office be satisfied.

10. Seat allocations for each shall be as follows:

Four(4) Executive Officers: KIMEP Student Association President, KIMEP Student

Association Vice-President of Administration, KIMEP Student Association Vice-

President of Sports and Culture and KIMEP Student Association Vice-President of

Finance (Candidates for these 4 Executive Officers will run for subsequent offices

independently and can be elected from any program of KIMEP).

Nine(9) deputies according to their college and the year of entry (Candidates for CSS

and BCB deputies will run for subsequent positions according to their college and

year of entry, Candidate for Law School will run for a position only according to their college)

CSS1 - 1 deputy

CSS2 - 1 deputy

CSS3 - 1 deputy

CSS4 - 1 deputy

BCB1 - 1 deputy

BCB2 - 1 deputy

BCB3 - 1 deputy

BCB4 - 1 deputy

LS – 1 deputy

One(1) deputy from International students

Two(2) deputies from Graduate Programs

CSS - College of Social Sciences

BCB - Bang college of Business