Positions

Most sought positions

What did they consist of?
What worked/didnt work?
Read the spectator
Though it was a long and arduous process for the candidates, the
Spring 2016 Elections have come and gone in a flash!
This spring we filled positions for the four executive positions - Student
Body President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Finance, Vice
President of University Affairs and seven representative positons At-Large,
Athletic, Junior, Multicultural, Non-Traditional, Senior, and Sophomore.
Surprisingly, we held a strongly contested Athletic Representative race with
three candidates vying for the position. In the past executive positions - such
as the 2015 Vice President of University Affairs race that also had three
candidates - held the honor of being the most contested but it appears that
the current shift favors the representatives this year.
Besides an unexpected skew in the contested races, an additional shift
was the decrease of campus events and the increase in social media to
power the elections. While the candidates attended the Learn Smore About
the Candidates meet and greet, the focus was to capitalize on our high
consumption of social media. Our Elections Commission released a series of
Candidate Corner videos that highlighted how the candidates stand on
issues such as divestment, the developments in the housing policy, and
Seattles State of Emergency on Homelessness. These videos were obviously
not viral but they allowed the candidates to increase their accessibility
toward voters and allowed SGSU to increase our influence over social media.
Social media releases such as the Candidate Corner videos showed
promise in the coming years. Given additional preparations and structured
planning, SGSUs use of social media during subsequent elections has the
potential to increase the voting bodys awareness of candidates and the
pressing issues that we experience on our campus.
On behalf of SGSU and the elections commission, we now welcome 11
new members into Student Government for the 2016 2017 school year! But
who are they? Check the Spectator on Wednesday for the release of the
candidates and full interviews illustrating their background and what your
new elections plan to do with the coming school year.