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Campus elections begin
By Adam Hammer
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Monday, March 29, 2004
The campus spring general election has been slated for April 14 and 15 with 16 student senator at-large seats open and president and vice president positions.
For those aspiring to get on the ballot, there is still time.
"It's a good thing to do if you want to get involved, if you want to learn where your money goes, learn how the university works," Laura Meyer, public relations chairperson, said. "I learned so much about that."
The deadline for applications is Wednesday at 4 p.m.
According to Vice President Rachel Hughes, it is still too early to determine if the number of applicants will be above or below average from other years.
"We are trying hard to get more people to run," Hughes said.
Hughes is the chairperson of this year's student election committee.
Besides learning the nuts and bolts of SCSU, Meyer listed perks of holding a position in the student government as meeting state representatives and senators and getting involved with the issues that trouble elected student government chairpersons as students.
Senator at-large positions are representative of the student population. Seats are determined as one senate seat per 1,000 students enrolled at the university.
The submission process to run for office consists of filling out contact information, obtaining 75 petition signatures for senator applicants and 150 for president and vice president and attending one of the mandatory candidate meetings Tuesday or Wednesday.
Applications are available at the student government office in Atwood Memorial Center.
Meeting times are scheduled for 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday and 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Sauk Room in Atwood.
According to Hughes, the main agenda for the meetings includes turning in applications and making their nominee status official.
The meetings will also cover campaign rules and regulations.
Hughes and President Corey Lawrence credited last year's presidential victory over nominees Chris Lindahl and Taylor Olson to a solid campaign strategy.
Student participation in the senator at-large and constitution sectors of the election were a trial of interest in 2003.
The last spring election consisted of 15 senator at-large applicants on the ballot out of 16 seats obtainable. A write-in nominee was cast for the final seat.
Less than eight percent of the student population voted on constitutional changes.
On the upswing for the 2003-04 academic year, voter turnout in the fall election showed a substantial increase. Whether the rise will create a trend may show through in the spring elections.
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