Annually, the Alma- Mater Society oversees Elections & Referenda for both the Fall and Winter Civic Periods. This year, we will be hosting the Undergraduate Trustee and Rector Elections in the Fall 2026 Civic Period. The AMS Executives Elections are to be hosted in the Winter Civic Period. Both will have referenda, for more information on this please refer to the Elections & Referenda forms below.

Elections are a key opportunity to allow for students to demonstrate how they can shape campus life in their term. Referenda are an important mechanism for shaping student life, allowing student groups to seek inclusion on the fee slate and secure sustainable funding to support initiatives, services, and programs that benefit the broader student community.

Overall, both mechanisms empower students to shape their student government through their right to vote—determining who represents them as student leaders, which organizations receive funding through the fee slate, and ultimately the direction of the AMS.

Both these processes are overseen and administered by the Civic Affairs Office. This office is composed of the Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Returning Officer, who are responsible for the administration all society elections and referenda as outlined by the Constitution.

All Elections & Timelines are to be annually reviewed and approved AMS Summer Assembly. The times you view below were voted upon your elected leaders.

Please note that the AMS does not decide the Faculty or other external bodies elections timelines – this does not fall within the Civic Affairs Office’s purview. That said, we do support them by administering their ballots.


Please find the Fall 2026 Civic Period Timeline that was approved at AMS Summer Assembly.