ATTENTION: You are viewing a page for the general 2025 Provincial Executive Council (PEC) election to be held in March 2025. See information on the Edmonton District By-election |
Once you have decided to run as a Provincial Executive Council (PEC) candidate, and have done the necessary registration, you will receive regular communication from the ATA. Please make sure to follow the timelines below as you proceed in your campaign.
If you have any questions, contact elections@ata.ab.ca.
Timelines and deadlines for candidates
| Candidate responsibilities | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Register as a candidate using the registration form | *** see notes |
| Nomination call package is sent out to ATA school representatives | October 15–16, 2024 |
| Notice of nomination call and nomination deadline is published on the ATA website | October 18, 2024 |
| Notice of nomination call and nomination deadline is published in the ATA News | October 29, 2024 |
| Nomination deadline. Submit nominations to the returning officer by 5 pm | January 14, 2025 |
| Candidates are published on the ATA website | January 15, 2025 |
| Attend the ATA’s online meeting for candidates at 10 am | January 18, 2025 |
| Deadline to submit your headshot photo, biography and platform to the administrative officer | January 20, 2025 |
| Candidates’ headshots, biographies and platforms are published on the ATA website | January 24, 2025 |
| Confirm with the administrative officer your intention to attend candidate forum(s) | |
| Confirm with the administrative officer whether you are going to participate in the special school mailing of campaign materials | |
| Candidate speech video submission deadline. Send your videos to the administrative officer by 1200 | |
| Candidate biographies and platforms are published in the ATA News | February 4, 2025 |
| Candidates’ campaign videos are posted on the ATA website | |
| Deadline (at noon) for emailing your request to the administrative officer for labels or envelopes for you to mail campaign materials to eligible voting members not in schools | |
| Deliver campaign materials (to the attention of the administrative officer at Barnett House) for inclusion in school mailing by 4 pm. This is only possible if you have already arranged to be included in the school mailing. | |
| Table officer candidates’ forum at the local presidents’ meeting (held in Edmonton at Barnett House) at 7:30 pm | February 7, 2025 |
| Distribution of the special school mailing containing campaign materials and voting instructions | February 11–12, 2025 |
| Deadline for submitting your request for an advance on the campaign grant to the administrative officer | February 14, 2025 |
| Online voting opens at 8 am | March 10, 2025 |
| Deadline to email the administrative officer to confirm whether you or your appointed scrutineer will attend the delivery of results | March 12, 2025 |
| Online voting closes at 5 pm | March 13, 2025 |
| Results of vote provided to the Scrutineer Committee by the third-party voting systems agent | |
| Results, with vote count, announced on the ATA website and social media channels | March 14, 2025 |
| Election results published in ATA News | March 25, 2025 |
| Deadline (at 5 pm) to file appeal, if any, of election results with the ATA’s executive secretary | March 28, 2025 |
| Deadline to submit expense claims to the administrative officer | April 13, 2025 |
***The candidate decides when to register, but they must be registered in order to receive election-related communications and assistance from the ATA.
