CUSU's official 'Little Book of Manifestos', containing the manifestos of every candidate for the 2015 CUSU elections, were this morning delivered to the CUSU offices printed inside out.

The printing error means that two candidates for CUSU Coordinator, Jemma Stewart and Ivan Tchernev, have been printed on the covers of the booklet, while the actual front and back covers appear on the inside pages.

This has the unintended consequence that the page detailing how to vote to re-open nominations is found earlier in the booklet than the candidates for CUSU President.

CUSU President Helen Hoogewerf-Mccomb's welcome message to the elections is to be found in the middle of the booklet, after all the manifestos for Women's Officer, Welfare and Rights Officer, Graduate Union President, University Council positions and the Ethical Affairs Chair have been detailed.

In previous years, TCS set the pages and published the manifestos in its week seven print edition, increasing the number of pages in its paper from 32 to 40 to accommodate them. This year, however, the CUSU Election Committee has taken responsibility for printing the booklets itself for the first time, and hence ultimate responsibility for the publication of the manifestos falls to Helen Hoogewerf-Mccomb, the current CUSU President and Election Committee head. 

Over 10,000 misprinted copies are currently sitting near the entrance to the CUSU offices.

This latest error comes after the CUSU Election Committee failed to update the main elections page until early in the afternoon of the 25th February, over four hours after the campaigning period had officially opened. 

Similarly, official Facebook events for candidates were put live at 7am on the morning of the 25th, in contravention of the election's official rules which states that the campaigning period opened at 8am. 

UPDATE: JACK MAY, THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIDGE STUDENT, HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TO VARSITY:

"We decided not to give the manifestos any space within issue seven because it's important to be clear about our editorial independence from CUSU. That being said, it's important that people are able to make informed decisions about the elections, so it's a shame that these manifesto booklets, printed, I assume, at great expense, haven't worked out exactly as planned."

HELEN HOOGEWERF-MCCOMB, THE PRESIDENT OF CUSU, TOLD VARSITY:

"This year CUSU has produced the "Little Book of Manifestos" to make it easier for students to find out about candidates in the CUSU-GU elections and to reduce some of the physical burden of campaigning, which had previously proven an accessibility barrier. We are hoping that this change will improve the election experience for both candidates and voters.

"Unfortunately the booklets CUSU received had been folded incorrectly during production, leading to manifestos for the Coordinator position being printed on the front and back covers. The problem was raised immediately and no booklets were distributed. The error has been flagged to the printers and replacement booklets will be delivered by the end of the day, in time for their scheduled delivery on Friday."