Students from several academic colleges and other student population groups will be able to vote for Student Senators to represent them next week.
Student Government Association (SGA) is holding midterm elections to fill 22 vacant seats. There are 14 vacant seats in six schools of study, as well as vacancies for senators representing graduate, international and freshmen students.
Gabriel Fonseca, the SGA adviser, said that overall, having empty seats does not have a “major, significant impact” for SGA, but it does limit representation for some students.
“And I think the impact goes directly to the constituency itself,” he said. “So like, if right now, there’s one less seat (filled), that just means that they have one less vote in the Senate to support the needs of students.”
Voting opens Monday, Sept. 30, at 8 a.m. and ends Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 5 p.m. Voting will be available on ShockerSync.
There will also be an in-person polling location in the Rhatigan Student Center where students can vote, per a new requirement for SGA elections.
Students who are represented by one of the open seats will receive emails from SGA with information on how to vote. Space for write-in candidates will also be available on the voting ballot.
More information about the candidates and the election process can be found here. SGA will announce the uncertified results on Oct. 2 and the certified results on Oct. 7.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate dates of the election results.
