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ELECTION: Students may visit polls Monday to vote for next year's student senators, ASO executives.
By: Michele Polendey
Issue date: 5/12/05 Section: News
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It's that time of year again to decide who will represent the student voice.
The names of the senate and executive candidates running for representative positions are available to the student body; official voting begins Monday.
Students may visit the polls located on the library lawn from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. or the polls located in the Activities Center West Lounge from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Paola Garcia, director of student and community advancement, and Election Committee co-chairwoman, said it is important for the students to participate in the voting process.
Those persons elected into official positions have many duties that deal with the campus population as a whole.
"We are for the students. We represent them on state levels as well as represent them to other community colleges," Garcia said.
Janice Watanabe, Election Committee co-adviser, said the actions of the voting process are taken using strict guidelines.
A student must be prepared to show a valid photo identification card, whether it be a driver's licenses or a student ID.
"We ask for a photo ID. We do this to ensure nobody votes twice. We want to prevent voter fraud," Watanabe said.
After providing a photo ID, the student is then asked to sign off proving they were physically there to vote.
"We do take this very seriously," Watanabe said.
A student will be offered four official ballots; an executive cabinet ballot, a division senator ballot, an Associated Student Organization, ASO, constitutional amendment ballot and a student survey.
Each student will be asked to declare a major and then that student may vote for two candidates to serve as senator in that division.
Ballots regarding executive positions are open to the entire student body and all students may vote, regardless of their major.
For each position with the words "write in," a student may cast a vote for someone not on the official ballot.
The names of the senate and executive candidates running for representative positions are available to the student body; official voting begins Monday.
Students may visit the polls located on the library lawn from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. or the polls located in the Activities Center West Lounge from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Paola Garcia, director of student and community advancement, and Election Committee co-chairwoman, said it is important for the students to participate in the voting process.
Those persons elected into official positions have many duties that deal with the campus population as a whole.
"We are for the students. We represent them on state levels as well as represent them to other community colleges," Garcia said.
Janice Watanabe, Election Committee co-adviser, said the actions of the voting process are taken using strict guidelines.
A student must be prepared to show a valid photo identification card, whether it be a driver's licenses or a student ID.
"We ask for a photo ID. We do this to ensure nobody votes twice. We want to prevent voter fraud," Watanabe said.
After providing a photo ID, the student is then asked to sign off proving they were physically there to vote.
"We do take this very seriously," Watanabe said.
A student will be offered four official ballots; an executive cabinet ballot, a division senator ballot, an Associated Student Organization, ASO, constitutional amendment ballot and a student survey.
Each student will be asked to declare a major and then that student may vote for two candidates to serve as senator in that division.
Ballots regarding executive positions are open to the entire student body and all students may vote, regardless of their major.
For each position with the words "write in," a student may cast a vote for someone not on the official ballot.