It is now February 10th... still no f****** PIN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Alright, so I'd have to agree with Virginie's comment (on one of my earlier posts) that I am legitimately starting to be concerned about this apparent "delay" in the system. It's 12:03 am on Tuesday February 10th 2010 and I still haven't received the email containing the PIN I need in order to vote in the SFUO elections. Last year, there was a minor glitch in the system which was to be expected since this whole e-voting business was all new to the organisers. So, I think it's fair to have given them a bit of slack last year.

However, a whole voting day has passed and I still haven't received my PIN. I went around the cafeteria today, just for the Hell of it, to see how many people actually KNEW that an election was taking place and that they could (and probably should) consider voting. To my surprise, most of the people I approached were at least aware that something was going on! I would explain to them that if they checked their @uOttawa.ca email accounts, that they would find an email that contained a PIN Number which they would need to enter once they visited the specified website.

As I was leaving the cafeteria, a couple young ladies I had spoken to a few minutes called me over to their table and asked "Are you sure everyone got that email you mentioned?" Knowing of course that every single undergraduate student was to have received an email, I obviously replied: "Of course! I'm sure it will pop up in the next hour or so!" That was over 12 hours ago. I really do hope at least they got their email...

So, what's the problem here? Is this due to a lack of preparation or organisation by the elections' office? Is it because the CEO resigned that things have turned for the worst? Is is possibly due to a lack of planning? Was there not some sort of report compiled by last year's elections' team after last year's elections that would have helped the avoid this a repeat of past mistakes?

The election campaign is stressful enough without having to deal with this unnecessary confusion. In my opinion, this is BULLSHIT! Not only are students confused about this whole e-voting fiasco, they're also asking who in the Hell is overseeing these elections, and rightfully so! Even more so after the apparent suggestion made in the Elections' Committee's report, which was presented at the Monday February 8th (IN CAMERA) Board of Administration meeting, that Khadija Kanji be named the new CEO of the elections.
P.S. Just before having published this post, I once again checked in my uOttawa.ca email account to find it empty. It is now 12:53 am on Tuesday February 10th 2010. That is all.

Note: Thanks to Michèle for the clarifications regarding all these different committees and such! Her information enabled me to correct the conflicting sources of information!