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Campaign Period: March 9th - March 20th
How to Campaign:
How to Campaign:
Flyers
Flyers are one of the best ways to promote yourself across campus
Create a fun, colorful poster that describes you and your campaign goals!
Ensure all flyers are approved and hung in approved areas.
Social Media
Instagram, and Tiktok are great ways to extend your message to more students
Make creative videos and campaign updates to spread the word about your campaign
Keep it positive and respectful of your fellow candidates
Talking with Students
A great way to really connect with students is to talk with them!
Discuss campus matters, ask them how they feel, share your vision and goals and hand out flyers!
Campaign Violations
Campaign Violations
You MUST be aware of what violations entail to be able to run a successful campaign:
Misuse of posters and signs including using permanent adhesive, placing them in unauthorized locations, sabotage, damaging, or removing opposing posters or signs.
Making defamatory or libelous statements.
Use of student government space, offices, or other facilities, for storage of campaign materials. For purposes of this section, Student Government shall be defined as the entire office space located on the third floor of the Student Center and all facilities therein.
Use of any of the following college-owned equipment: Copying machines and printers not publicly available to all students, including printers in the library and library cafe and machines from clubs and offices.
Use of mailing lists provided by a Brooklyn College administrative office or via Blackboard.
Disturbing or distracting any regularly established Brooklyn College activities or programs such as regularly scheduled classes and extracurricular programs on or off campus.
Threatening, harassing, or assaulting any of the candidates or members of student government.
IMPORTANT: Candidates and Campaigns MAY NOT receive endorsements from any club/organization on campus.
Campaign Sanctions
Campaign Sanctions
If a violation is committed, candidates will be subject to sanctions.
Sanctions available and are explicitly limited to:
Removal or Deletion of Materials. Commissioners are required to immediately remove any advertising that is not placed in an authorized area;
Temporary Suspension of Campaign Activities. Should a candidate or referendum campaign be suspended, all of its operations must cease. The suspended campaign, including campaign staff, may not campaign for or against any campaign in the race.
Candidates or Sponsors of a campaign that has been suspended, may still campaign for or against candidates or campaigns.
Candidate Disqualification and removal from the ballot.
Revocation of candidacy and forfeiture of office. If the offender won election when the violation occurred, the votes for that office shall be retallied with the votes in favor of the disqualified candidate allocated to the voters next choice.
Loss of eligibility. Permanent loss of eligibility from holding any student government office, elected and appointed. The offender shall have the right to apply for eligibility to participate in Student Government one (1) year after sanction; and upon being denied may reapply for said eligibility on a yearly basis. Each application will be at the discretion of the Commissioner.
Where can you post promotional flyers?
Guidelines for Posting:
All postings must have an identifiable sponsor and contact number.
All student postings should be date stamped by Student Activities, 302 Student Center, prior to copying and posting to any of the bulletin boards.
Departments do not require date stamps on flyers.
Commercial ads are allowable on the General Bulletin Boards only. They do not require a date stamp.
Keep postings (no larger than 11″ x 17″) limited to available space.
Avoid covering other printed materials.
Do not place any postings on college walls, entrances, grounds, etc. These will be removed.
These requirements do not apply to the following postings on doors: signage indicating the name of the office, room number, hours of operation, or contact information; instructional materials for a specific class; notices of approved upcoming events; or signage required by law.
You can find the full list of approved posting locations here:
https://www.brooklyn.edu/dosa/special-projects/beautification/
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