- Chancellors are elected for a 6-month term and can hold at most two terms in succession.
- Chancellor terms start simultaneously with the Representative Assembly terms.
- Any citizen may become a candidate by declaring themselves by a message to the Dean of the Scientific Council, two weeks before the voting booths open. On the next day, all applicants will be listed by the Dean of the Scientific Council, and campaigning begins one week before the voting booths open. Elections shall be held over a 168 hour period beginning at noon SLT on the Saturday before the 16th of the month prior to the new Chancellor taking office. In the event of a server outage which prevents citizens from casting ballots and which lasts more than 12 hours, the Dean of the Scientific Council has the authority to adjust or extend the election schedule.
- In the event that there is only one declared candidate for Chancellor, the declared candidate shall be acclaimed into office without a campaign period or polling.
- In case the Chancellor leaves office or is removed from it mid-term, a special Chancellor by-election will be called for by the Scientific Council which will open new applications on the day notice was given and close applications after a week.
- The voting methodology will follow the same method as for the Representative Assembly election or Single-Transfer Vote if the current method for the Representative Assembly election does not work for single-candidate elections.
- Any other legislation applicable to candidate eligibility and elections in general will also apply to the Chancellor election.
- In the event that the elected Chancellor resigns after less than half the term, a citizen who fills that term will be limited to that term plus one additional term.
