‘Spill’ for Honi has been provisionally elected to serve as Honi Soit editors next year after their only opponent dropped out of the race today.
Running under the ticket name ‘JJames.’, James, no last name given, was suspected to be a joke candidate. Honi has no information on why James decided to drop out so soon after the close of nominations.
The Returning Officer confirmed their withdrawal to Honi in an email.
This is the third Honi uncontested election without a proper election campaign since Drip and Cake contested the 2021 editorship. Both ‘Flirt’ (2024) and ‘Shake’ (2023) were elected unopposed.
The provisionally elected ticket includes Ellie Robertson, Mehnaaz Hossain, Purny Ahmed, Ondine Karpinellison, Lotte Weber, Imogen Sabey, Emilie Garcia-Dolnik, Annabel Li, Aidan Pollock, and Will Winter.
Factional affiliations on the ticket include Ellie Robertson who is aligned with Switchroots and Lotte Weber who was a former member of Grassroots. Collectively, the ticket has written a total of 117 articles for Honi.
The ticket is yet to launch any public social media platform or policies outlining their vision for the paper next year. Honi has reached out to the new team to organise an interview and the customary quiz.
In response to their provisional election ‘Spill’ told Honi that “We are so excited to be next year’s Honi team! It’s an incredible honour to be elected as Editors and we absolutely cannot wait to introduce ‘Spill’ to everyone soon.”
Online campaigning for the SRC President, council, and NUS elections will start on September 11 with in person campaigning starting on the 16. Whilst provisionally elected, the incoming ticket are still permitted to promote their platform and policies for their new tenure.
Students will vote on campus between September 24 and 26.
Amendment (21/08/2024): Lotte Webber political affiliation is former Grassroots and was amended accordingly.
