Monday, January 25, 2010
Last week to file, most races empty or uncontested
As of 3 p.m. today, only one college will have a competetive Senate race in the upcoming ASUN Election on March 10-11. The Reynolds School of Journalism, which is entitled to one seat, has two candidates filing for candidacy. Info on who has filed is available here.
Worse, three colleges--Business (three seats), Education (two), and Science (two)--have no candidates filed at all. That's seven seats--or about one-third of the Senate--that will sit vacant come April, unless more candidates file by the deadline, Friday at 5 p.m. If that vacancy rate remains, the Senate must hold special elections to fill those vacancies.
There will be a primary for the presidency, as three candidates have filed. It remains to be seen if the decline in candidates is due to the $50 filing fee implemented last year or if it is because marketing efforts are failing. Last year 50 candidates ran for the 22-member Senate. So far, only 14 candidates have filed this year.
Sad.
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There is still PLENTY of time for people to get their names in. If I were running, I wouldn’t turn in my name until Friday ten minutes before the deadline. You know, to be strategical. And holy crap, strategical is in the dictionary. I thought it was a Bushism.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you spoke way too soon. The only seat as of right now that does not have an "intent" filed is the College of Science. It's only Tuesday. There will be more to come.
ReplyDeleteDid I speak too soon, or did this post remind people to file? Maybe my purpose in writing this post was to compel some people to act.
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