So this is part one of the series about SGA elections. Tomorrow evening is the first organizational meeting about the SGA elections, and I think that before I get into some juicy stuff (see part 2), a primer is in order.
SGA elections are held every February, and for two weeks, us normal folks on campus have to deal with loud, obnoxious people at Tate, flyers everywhere, stickers posted on every pole on campus, balloons, free food, street painting, and front page articles in the Red and Black. Don’t get me wrong, it is a big production, until you realize no one votes in the SGA elections.
In 2006, a total of 4,081 people voted in the SGA elections. In 2005, 6,002 voters, and in 2004, there were 4,639 votes cast. For comparison’s sake, there are just over 33,000 students at the University.
Also, planning for the next elections starts shortly after a new administration takes office. I wonder why? This year an Elections Committee was appointed within two weeks of the end of voting, and the appointees were hand picked by President Peper.
Do you think Jamie has a hand-picked successor?
Voting takes place on our wonderful system known as OASIS, the oldest known computer system on the planet. Voters are required to go through several steps to vote, scrolling down pages of Senators, and MUST remember to save his/her vote if they wish it to be counted.
Understandable? Yeah, no one else understands either. That why its SGA.
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