Section 1
Election Calendar. The election calendar shall be directly related to the school calendar of the department. A Year-End Election, aligned with the memorandum given by the Students Affairs Office, shall be initiated, by the appointed officers who shall serve as the Committee on Elections. An Oath-Taking and Turning-Over Ceremony shall be done during the Inauguration Ceremony. In the first week of the opening of classes of the next academic year, the new UCB-SHS CSO CENTRAL Board of Executives shall hold another post to fill the vacancies of the organization.
Section 2
Year-End Elections. At the end of the second semester of the academic year, the outgoing officers of the UCB-SHS CSO CENTRAL Board of Executives shall initiate an election for the new congress of the next academic year. This shall be attended by all officers of the organization and the council advisers together with the appointed officers as the Committee on Elections. The process of the election shall be done by the Partylist.
Section 3
Partylists. The partylists must have the officers needed in Article 5; the rest of the non-executive positions are optional and shall hold another nomination of right qualifications for the vacant positions (see Section 6). The partylists must be registered by the assigned office in the COMELEC. If their partylist is validated, they are allowed to promulgate their names to the public. The confirmed partylists will undergo a procedure of speech.
Section 4
Dissolution of a Partylist or an Individual. An individual or a partylist can be subject to dissolution if:
- A letter of appeal is made by protests of the UCB-SHS CSO members;
- A gross misconduct or breach of the student's code of conduct or the student's manual is done;
- There are illegal acts of promulgating their names in the public or campaigns even if their partylist is not yet validated;
- If an individual or partylist has not passed the screening by the COMELEC.
Section 5
Oath Taking Ceremony. Day/s after the Year-End Elections, the outgoing officers shall present themselves and muster to have their oath taking ceremony to be led by the principal.
Section 6
Turning-Over Ceremony. Week(s) after the Year-End Elections, the outgoing and newly-elected officers as well as the secretariats shall meet for the last time to formally conclude the era of the old congress. The following shall be the series of formal events:
- Outgoing officers shall award the members of the House of Representatives with an excellent profile and performance for their service to the organization for the academic year.
- Outgoing officers shall give their words of farewell to the remaining officers of the council and shall formally turn-over their responsibilities to begin a new congress.
- Newly-elected officers shall do their oath-taking in front of the outgoing officers, house of representatives, council advisers, and a representative from the SAO.
- The newly-elected officers shall meet with the council advisers to discuss when to have another session for the discussion of their platforms and action plan for the upcoming academic year and a formal session to review the bylaws of the organization.
Section 7
UCB-SHS CSO Elections. The new congress shall initiate another election to fill up vacancies and positions. This shall be attended by the appointed officers of the UCB-SHS CSO, which shall serve as the Committee on Elections (COMELEC), and the council advisers. The process of the election for vacancies shall be done by submitting a resume to the COMELEC, screening by the COMELEC, and speech.
Section 8
Eligibility, Nominations and Speech. Any individual shall be eligible to be nominated for any position so long as they meet the following requirements:
(Please refer to Article V respectively to see qualifications of the officer)
The nominated individual is then given the opportunity to present a short speech as to why they should be elected.
Section 9
Vacancies. For vacancies of any position in the council due to withdrawal of an officer to provide his/her service to the UCB-SHS Central Student Organization, they may publish a post to invite interested individuals, who are qualified, to apply as a student leader for the organization or recruit members from the house of representatives with great performance and potential. After, a special session to interview these applicants or recruits shall take place on a date and time agreed by them. The interviewers shall be composed of three (3) officers; two (2) officers from the CENTRAL Board of Executives, and the Chairperson of the Interdependent Commission that the applicant/recruit belongs to. If the applicant/recruit gets approval from at least two (2) officers he/she may be appointed to a post and start his/her service to the council.
Section 10
Withdrawal from Classroom Election Nominations. To best ensure their continued commitment to serve the UCB-SHS Central Student Organization, officers shall be given the right to withdraw or void their nomination during Classroom Elections.
- Grade 12 Officers. A graduating UCB-SHS CSO officer shall be given the power to void and withdraw his/her nomination during Classroom or Homeroom elections upon his/her nomination. This is because graduating officers will be facing a lot of academic workloads; to ensure that he/she can focus on giving his/her best service and commitment to his/her obligations as an officer of the Central Student Organization, he/she may have this power.
- Grade 11 Officers. In the second semester, a Grade 11 officer shall be given the option to void and nullify his/her term as Mayor and hold a reelection or appointment session to fill his/her vacancy as class mayor. This is because these officers will be facing a more difficult academic workload and their continued commitment and servitude to the student council is necessary. This is especially for the preparation of the turning-over of council responsibilities during the Year-End Elections.