Candidates gear up for election
By: Yusra Tekbali
Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: News
"It's not just that students are apathetic, it's that they don't know what student government can do for them, and it's our job, especially in this next week, to engage them in this process," Patel said.
Pennington-McQueen said he was tied-up with midterms last week and didn't have enough time to campaign as he would have liked, but would begin a walking-campaign, where he'll walk students to class and tell them about his campaign.
Only 10 out of the 14 students running for senators will be elected in the general election ballot.
Emily Fritze, a political science freshman, and Jason Mighdoll, a pre-business sophomore and the executive vice president chief of staff, tied for the most popular senators, with 612 votes cast, accounting for 10 percent of the total vote.
Samantha Morris, an anthropology junior, was one of the candidates for senate receiving the least amount of votes, pulling in 302 votes and 5 percent of the total ballots cast.
Morris said she wasn't discouraged, but planned to work harder on promoting her campaign and staying in the race.
"This just means I need to get out there more and meet more students," she said.
Morris said she plans to make a more visible presence on the UA Mall, and will rely on help from her Kappa Delta Chi sisters to get the word out to students.
General elections will be held March 11 and 12, and students can cast their vote electronically using Student Link.
Pennington-McQueen said he was tied-up with midterms last week and didn't have enough time to campaign as he would have liked, but would begin a walking-campaign, where he'll walk students to class and tell them about his campaign.
Only 10 out of the 14 students running for senators will be elected in the general election ballot.
Emily Fritze, a political science freshman, and Jason Mighdoll, a pre-business sophomore and the executive vice president chief of staff, tied for the most popular senators, with 612 votes cast, accounting for 10 percent of the total vote.
Samantha Morris, an anthropology junior, was one of the candidates for senate receiving the least amount of votes, pulling in 302 votes and 5 percent of the total ballots cast.
Morris said she wasn't discouraged, but planned to work harder on promoting her campaign and staying in the race.
"This just means I need to get out there more and meet more students," she said.
Morris said she plans to make a more visible presence on the UA Mall, and will rely on help from her Kappa Delta Chi sisters to get the word out to students.
General elections will be held March 11 and 12, and students can cast their vote electronically using Student Link.
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Dave Sanchez
posted 3/06/08 @ 1:28 PM MST
Once again get rid of ASUA and use the money for something else!
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