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Election Timeline

January

January 30, 2026: Application deadline

Member Network Student Leader Application »

February

Student candidate slate announced

March

March 3-6, 2026: Elections for NIRSA Student Leader and Regional Student Leaders

Mid-March: Student Leader and Regional Student Leaders Announced

Reminder about Voting in NIRSA Elections

Eligible student members will receive a personalized ballot on March 3 and a reminder message before March 6 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 student members whose NIRSA membership is active as of 11:00am Eastern/8:00am Pacific on March 2 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 March 6.

Recruiting & Applying

Student Leadership Team

One NIRSA Student Leader and seven Regional Student Leaders are elected to the Member Network annually.