SA turnout declines to lowest in a decade
A total of 2,190 students — about 8.5 percent of the roughly 25,600 eligible voters — cast a vote in the SA’s election last week.
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A total of 2,190 students — about 8.5 percent of the roughly 25,600 eligible voters — cast a vote in the SA’s election last week.
Junior Arielle Geismar and Sophomore Demetrius Apostolis won their respective elections to the Student Association presidency and vice presidency.
The Student Association elections have been marked with disorganization and disputes between candidates and the Joint Elections Commission.
The Student Association Senate unanimously approved the Joint Elections Commission’s proposed new election date in an emergency meeting Friday.
Fatima Konte, the commissioner of the Joint Elections Commission, said the JEC pushed the elections to a “tentative date” while a definitive timeline remains to be set.