Voting begins in 10 days. Do you know where your credentials are?

For the first time ever, all HSA members are entitled to vote for the union’s president. Voting will be open for 24 hours from noon April 10 to noon April 11 – but you need credentials to vote. 
 
Voting credentials consist of a unique ID number and passcode, and these are required for logging into the online election being conducted by Simply Voting, an independent elections platform. On February 28, HSA sent voting credentials to all members by postal mail. You should have received them by now. 
 
If you received your credentials, keep them in a safe place until noon on April 10, when voting begins. 
 
If you have misplaced the credentials you received in the mail, you can register to have them sent to you by email. Just go to HSA Member Centre and follow the instructions there. Your credentials will not be sent right away – they will be emailed to you on April 10 when the voting opens at noon. 
 
If your credentials did not arrive in the mail, they may have been lost in transit. You can register to have them sent to you by email. Just go to HSA Member Centre and follow the instructions there. Your credentials will not be sent right away – they will be emailed to you on April 10 when the voting opens at noon. 
 
If you have colleagues who did not receive their credentials in the mail, they may not be on the union’s membership list. This will be an issue for new members who have only joined HSA since March 1, or for members whose employers never got around to providing them with an HSA membership form, which actually happens a lot more than you’d imagine. We can fix this. 

• First, members should try to register to have their credentials sent by email by following the instructions at HSA Member Centre.
• If members are told their email doesn’t match our records, they should contact @email for help. They will need to provide their name, work site, home and cell phone numbers. Staff will use this information to begin verification of their membership status.
• If HSA has no record of their membership, we may ask for additional information to investigate further.  

 
April 7 is the deadline for new members to register to vote – but don’t wait
 
The process of verifying membership status can take several days, so the deadline for new members to register is noon on April 7, which is 72 hours before the vote begins.  
 
If you did not receive your voting credentials by mail, joined HSA recently, or have any questions about your membership status be sure to email @email for confirmation well before noon on April 7. 
 
What to do on election day 
 
The election will be by ranked ballot, with voters indicating their 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and subsequent choices. Find out more about the ranked ballot process here.  
 
Voting opens at noon on April 10, and closes 24 hours later at noon on April 11. Be sure to vote early so that if any problems occur there is time to get support.

• If you already have your credentials, you can use them to log in and vote when voting opens.
• If you’ve registered to receive your credentials by email, they will be sent at noon on April 10. The email will come from @email and from one of the following domains: simplyvoting.com or o3.email.simplyvoting.com, so be sure to check your spam filters and it’s a good idea to add Simply Voting to your safe senders list.
• If at the last minute you realize you lost your credentials, contact @email and we will assist. But you must do so before 9:00 am on April 11. 

 
Learn more about the candidates, and about how the vote will work 
 
Visit Presidential Election 2025 where you can read candidate bios, watch a March 4 all-candidates debate, learn about how the ranked ballot vote works, and more. 
 
This historic first begins soon, so mark your calendar and make your plan to vote for HSA president between noon April 10 and noon April 11.