Not everyone is eligible to vote for all roles.

Like most (if not all) Students’ Unions across the country, when it comes to gender, race, sexuality, and disability Essex SU operates a self-definition system.

We do this because some of us might not self-define with the same gender or sexuality as when we first started university.

As well as being able to choose the way we define ourselves, we want to limit the voting of who should lead communities to those that belong to that community only. For example, someone who not LGBTQ+, shouldn’t be included in the voting process for the person that will represent the LGBTQ+ community.

Self-define here.