Cast your vote
May 12, 2008
Photo by Neal Sandoval.
(from left) Sophomore Mikaela Gomes and junior Allison Lombardo show their support in front of the HUB for ASUW vice presidential candidate Dolly Nguyen.
Students will have the opportunity to get into the civic spirit because ASUW elections start today. The election will run through Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m., and results will be announced Thursday at approximately 7 p.m. in the HUB second floor lounge. the results will also be posted and posted online.
Candidates have been officially campaigning since 6 a.m. on April 21.
“It’s a rough experience,” said ASUW vice president Sam E. Al-Khoury. “It’s a very difficult job interview — it’s all a test.”
This year’s candidate turnout is much higher than last year’s elections, when many of the candidates had no opponents.
There are five candidates for ASUW president alone, all of whom have spent $1875 dollars on campaigning.
A Catalyst survey will be utilized for voting. Voters will rank the candidates in order of preference and be able to write in candidates as well. Instant runoff voting (IRV) will be used to calculate the winner.
All of the first place rankings will be counted, and a winner will be announced if a candidate has 50 percent of the vote or more. If not, counting will move to all of the voters’ second place preferences and so on, Al-Khoury said.
Many of the candidates are running with a ticket, or a group of students who hope to gain office together.
These include Dawg Life, VisionUW, Your Voice UW and DEFinitiveUW.
The results from the first day of voting will be a good barometer for how the rest of the election will play out, presidential candidate Rob Barnum-Reece said.
Comments
#1 Ryan McElroy
commented, onMay 12, 2008 at 11:53 a.m.:
My picks for the ASUW Elections:
President: Tim Mensing
--> Knows how to organize and accomplish ambitious goals
Vice President: Jonathan Spatacean
--> Involved community member, knows how to engage volunteers
Community Relations: Elaine Chao
--> Proven leadership abilities and plans to give the ASUW a face gain my vote
Diversity Efforts: Sabrina Fields
--> Recognizes the importance and role of diversity
FAAA: Jason Padvorac
--> Exemplifies the VisionUW motto "Ambitous Goals. Tangible Plans."
--> Jason is one of the few candidates I know personally and he has impressed me with his vision of how to make the UW a better place through specific, implementable changes that will have sweeping impacts in the years to come.
--> Jason is incredibly dedicated to this cause and is sacrificing a great deal to be able to work hard for all of us.
Operations: Andrew Shubin
--> Has the experience requires to make everything run smoothly
Organizational Relations: Natalie Bankson
--> Specific plans to deal with current and upcoming issues
Programming: Whitney Hahn
--> Proved herself by organizing the Free The Slaves Benefit Concert, and brings a number of great programming ideas to the table
#2 b
commented, onMay 13, 2008 at 2:12 p.m.:
Wow... free publicity for Dolly, when the Daily didn't endorse her...
Odd.
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