Election Timeline
September
September 12, 2025: Application deadline
December
December 15, 2025: Candidate slate announced
January
January 16-27, 2026: Elections for Board of Directors and Member Network Regional Representatives.
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Reminder about Voting in NIRSA Elections
Eligible members will receive a personalized ballot on January 16 and a reminder message before January 27 from YesElections with a personalized ballot. Please make sure your member profile is updated with your current email address so you can exercise your opportunity to vote! Only those members whose NIRSA membership is active as of 11:00am Eastern/8:00am Pacific on January 15 will be eligible to vote.
YesElections is NIRSA’s online voting platform. If you cannot locate your personalized NIRSA ballot, please check your junk mail for a message from YesElections. If you don’t find a message, then you should add help@yeselections.com as a safe sender, or whitelist the email address, and contact NIRSA Member Engagement Manager Natasha Fischer for assistance prior to elections closing on January 27.
Recruiting & Applying
The recruitment and application process for professional positions occurs in late summer through early fall. Recruitment and application for student positions occurs fall through early winter.
Board of Directors
There are two positions elected annually for the NIRSA Board of Directors: President Elect and At-Large Director.
Member Network Regional Representatives
There are three or four Regional Representatives elected to the Member Network annually.