Online elections for Senate and faculty boards 2024
Confirmation of voter eligibility
Members of the University of Münster are personally responsible for confirming their voter eligibility.
Between 17 and 29 April, you can confirm whether you are entitled to vote, i.e. whether and to which faculty and Senate district you are assigned according to the electoral registers. Only those listed on the electoral registers are entitled to vote. The electronic election notice is sent to the addresses provided on the electoral register. Consequently, it is important that you confirm your eligibility to participate in the elections.
You can confirm your eligibility online.
Simply login with your University user ID and password and view the faculty/district for which you are entitled to participate according to the electoral register. You will find a link to the digital electoral register at:
https://sso.uni-muenster.de/IT/wahlen/kabine/2024
Alternatively, you can confirm your eligibility during the period specified above by viewing the electoral register in person at your Dean’s Office or the Election Office of the University of Münster, or by calling or emailing them. Please ensure that all your personal data listed in the electoral register is correct, especially your University user ID and your assigned faculty and electoral district.
If you wish to make changes to your voter information in the electoral register, please contact the Election Office of the University of Münster by email (wahlamt@uni-muenster.de) or phone (+49 251 83-22107) by 29 April 2024 at the latest (cut-off date). As of 30 April 2024, no further changes may be made to the 2024 electoral register. If your eligibility details are incorrectly listed in the electoral register after the cut-off date, there is no way to correct or change these, even by means of challenging the election.
If you do not know or have forgotten your user ID or password, please visit:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/services/nutzerverwaltung/passwortvergessen.html
If you have any other questions regarding user IDs or passwords, please contact the CIT hotline:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/IT/en/ansprechpartner/index.html
Security notice for all eligible voters:
We remind you to treat all election-relevant authentication data (your University user ID and corresponding password) responsibly and confidentially. Each eligible voter is responsible for protecting their authentication data from third-party access so as to ensure that electronic balloting is properly conducted. Therefore, we ask you to refrain from sharing your data with any other person or eligible voter.
Election Office opening hours:
If you have any questions regarding election matters, submitting forms, making changes or lodging objections to electoral registers, please contact the Election Office of the University of Münster by phone (+49 251 83-22107), in person by prior appointment (Mon - Thu, 9 am - 12 pm and 2 pm - 4 pm, and Fri, 9 am - 12 pm), electronically ([a22]wahlamt@uni-muenster.de) or by post (Election Office of the University of Münster, Schlossplatz 2 (Schloss, Rm. 109), 48149 Münster).
General information on the SuSe 2024 elections
The University Senate and Faculty Board elections will soon be held in the summer semester 2024, and all member groups (professors, academic staff, non-academic staff (MTV) and students) are eligible to vote. The elections will be conducted electronically (i.e. via Internet-based online voting) and supervised by the University Elections Office of the University of Münster. Voting instructions and further details are provided on this page.
Students can also elect representatives to the student government, the Foreign Students' Representation and the departmental student bodies. This election will be held at the ballot box and conducted by the AStA Student Election Office. For more information, visit the AStA website https://www.asta.ms/ or the StuPA Central Electoral Committee https://stupa.ms/zentraler-wahlausschuss/
Ballot-box elections for student assistant representatives (SHK representation) were discontinued in 2022. These members are now appointed by the Senate in accordance with Art. 12 of the University Charter in the summer semester every year.
Information about the online election system
The online election system is comprised of three components:
The University of Münster maintains a register of all eligible voters (voter rolls). When the user accesses the election website, the system verifies their identity to confirm their eligibility to participate in the election. On the same page, the eligible voter must affirm that they are personally voting in the election (or a person specifically authorised by the voter to do so in their stead). Only then can the eligible voter enter the election portal (digital voting booth) operated by our service provider Electric Paper. The identity of the eligible voter is pseudonymised and all transmission of data to the site is encrypted.
Our service provider Electric Paper has only received a pseudonymised list of eligible voters. In a second system, it keeps track of which pseudonyms have already participated in the election. As long as the voter has not yet participated, they are able to submit their ballot. The service provider does not share information with the University regarding which pseudonyms participated in the election.
The submitted ballots are stored in a digital ballot box. The submission process is encrypted in several steps. There is no way to link the pseudonyms of the eligible voters with their submitted ballots. At the end of the election, the ballot box is decrypted, and the submitted ballots are tallied by authorised administrators at the University of Münster.
Any questions?
If you still have questions, please refer to our FAQs. For matters concerning voter eligibility or the ballots used in the election for the Senate and Faculty Boards, please contact the Election Office by email at wahlamt@uni-muenster.de or phone at +49 251 83-22017.
Do you have questions related to technical matters, user IDs or passwords?
Students should contact it@uni-muenster.de or call: +49 251 83-31600.
Employees should speak with their IT service provider or local administrator:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/IVV/