The USG fall election period started a bit later than in previous years but should finish by the end of next week.
"We had a later start," said Rishi Jaitly '04, USG projects board co-chair. "Now we're sort of catching up. USG elections typically occur in the first week of December, but the open house has typically occurred a little earlier."
Election packets are first made available to candidates during the elections open house. This year, the open house was on Nov. 21, later than usual, Jaitly said.
Though official announcements have not been made, Jaitly said this has not adversely affected the candidate pool.
Juniors Johnny Chavkin, Matt Margolin, Jacqui Perlman and Amy Saltzman, as well as sophomore Leslie-Bernard Joseph, have independently confirmed they are running for president. The USG will not officially announce who is running until tomorrow so there may be other candidates.
Elections for most executive USG positions begin Sunday, Dec. 7 at 8 a.m. and will end Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7:59 a.m. Class senators will also be elected at this time.
In the event no candidate receives more than half the vote, a runoff election will be scheduled. Runoff voting would take place from Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. to Dec. 11 at 1 p.m.
The executive USG positions decided in this election are president, vice president, treasurer, academics chair, undergraduate life chair and campus and community affairs chair. Students may run for only one office.
Positions elected in the spring are social chair, the 10 U-Council members and class officers for all but the incoming freshman class.
To run for office, a student must turn in an elections packet by tomorrow at 4 p.m. to the USG office located in 204 Frist Campus Center. Those running for a seat as class senator must obtain 25 signatures of support. Executive candidates must obtain 50 such signatures.
A considerable addition from last year is the Voting Stations Amendment passed Oct. 12. The amendment allows candidates or their supporters to set up computer voting stations in any common space other than eating clubs.
The amendment stipulates that no campaigning is allowed within five feet of a voting station, nor is the station operator allowed within five feet while a student votes. Also, a candidate is immediately disqualified if he compels any person to operate a voting station.
According to senior election manager William Robinson '04, the amendment was "designed to prevent unfair advantages and to curtail the harassment of students."
A debate between the presidential candidates is set to take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. in front of the display wall in Frist.
Campaigning begins tomorrow after the 4 p.m. packet deadline. A candidates forum, which includes short public speeches by each candidate, will be held that evening at 7:30. All candidates must attend.
Voting will take place on the USG website.
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