Pursuant to Article 4 of the Electoral Code of the Academic Senate, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University (hereinafter AS FSS MU), the AS FSS MU calls ordinary general elections to the AS FSS MU for the six seats in the electoral group of academics and the five seats in the electoral group of students. The elections to the AS FSS MU will take place from Monday 11 October 2021 at 8am until Thursday 14 October 2021 at 9am. The members of the electoral commission are: Mgr. Mikuláš Černík (chair), Mgr. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Ph.D., Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D., doc. Mgr. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. and Katarína Kováčová. Elections are held electronically in the Masaryk University Information System in the application E-volby. The chair of the electoral commission, Mikuláš Černík has decided, and the chair of the AS FSS MU, Vratislav Havlík has approved, that written notifications of candidacy must be sent by e-mail to volkom@fss.muni.cz no later than Friday 1 October 2021 at 12:00 noon. The electoral commission has asked Vratislav Havlík to confirm the receipt of candidacies forthwith. The time when the candidacy notification was sent by email is decisive when assessing whether the candidacy has been submitted in a timely manner. According to Article 6 of the Electoral Code of the AS FSS MU, written notifications of candidacy must be sent from a university/faculty email address (@fss.muni.cz, @mail.muni.cz or @muni.cz) and must include the following: (a) Whether the candidate stands for election in the group of academics or students; (b) First name, last name and university personal number (UČO) of the candidate; (c) Date of submission. Candidates should use this form to announce their candidacy and attach it to the email notifying of candidacy. Candidates should also insert the notification form (1 October at 12pm at the latest) in the relevant folder in the Document Server of the Masaryk University Information System. Candidates may attach their manifestos which should likewise be available in the Masaryk University Information System. Vratislav Havlík Chair of the AS FSS MU Brno 16 August 2021