The DCU Students’ Union will campaign for a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming Marriage Equality Referendum following 2392 students voting in favour of the Union supporting the referendum.
As a result of 93 per cent of students voting yes, the SU will advocate and actively campaign for a ‘yes’ vote for marriage equality in the May 22 vote .The result was met with a thunderous applause at the announcement in the Hub at 6:30pm this evening. Some 222 voted no to the referendum.
Results for #CVelections: Marriage equality valid votes 2,615 yes vote: 2,392
— The College View (@thecollegeview) March 11, 2015
Results for #CVElections: Constitutional referendum: Yes 1231 no 205
— The College View (@thecollegeview) March 11, 2015
Students also voted in favour of reforming the current Students’ Union constitution. Students were alerted about the proposed changes via email. As a result of 1231 or 86 per cent of students voting in favour of the reform, changes that will be made to the current constitution.
The constitutional changes affect: governance, election and referendum procedures; the grammar and formatting of the constitution; and the fundamental rights of Students Union membership.
Katie O’Neill
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