It's Time to VOTE!

The polls for this year's SGA elections are opening at 12:00 AM, and will run until 11:59 PM on Wednesday. There are a number of contested races for positions that have a lot of influence over how your student fees are spent and how policies are made at UMBC.

Information about all candidates is listed on the SGA website. Direct links to their official profiles are below.

President:

• Yasmin Karimian with running mate Jennifer Kent
  

Treasurer:

• Nikunj Divecha
• James McCauley
• Stefan Victor

Vice President for Student Organizations:

• Brian Frazee
• Paula McCusker

Finance Board:

• Emily Han
  
• Sekinah Hassan
  
• Tehmeena Hassan
  
• Nicholas Keller
  
• Adenike Orogade
  
• Christine Paul
  
• Lena Dewald

Senate:

• Juan Callazos
  
• Justin Donlan
  
• Surena Ebrahimi
• Mark Gradoni
  
• Stavros Halkias
  
• Sunaina Khandelwal
  
• Justin Lane
  
• Phuoc (Toby) Le
  
• Timothy Mantegna
  
• Matthew McNey
  
• Josh Michael
  
• Tae Oh
  
• Josh Paiva
  
• Michael Rakoski
  
• Simmi Singh
  
• Rahilla Tarfa
  
• Gavin Way

Additionally, a number of candidates have participated in interviews and debates. A full video of the debates has been made available here, while the WMBC radio interview can be downloaded here. Ongoing coverage of the election has been provided by The Retriever Weekly.

Also on the ballot is Referendum A, a proposal supported by SGA that is explained here.


Be sure to take a short amount of time over the next few days to log in to Blackboard and cast your vote!

Election Results Announcement - Tonight

Tonight, the Election Board will be announcing the results of this week's election.

7:00 PM, Student Organizations Space

This is the same place where the debates were held, located on the second floor of the Commons in between Flat Tuesday's and the Gameroom.

SGA Elections - Last Four Hours

There are only four hours left in the SGA elections so make sure you get your vote in before midnight!

Instructions for how to vote as well as a list of the candidates can be found here:

http://sga.umbc.edu/studentvote

Voting has Begun!

Voting has begun for the SGA Elections! For information about how to cast your vote, check out:

http://sga.umbc.edu/studentvote

Voting will last until 11:59 PM on Wednesday, April 23rd. Winners will be announced Thursday, April 24th.

Who Will Get Your Vote?

The Retriever Weekly is running an informal poll on their website - head over there and vote for your favorite SGA Presidential candidate! Results will be published in an upcoming issue of the newspaper.

Debates Online

UMBCtv has posted a recording of the live video stream from the debates. If you were unable to attend or just want to refresh yourself about what was said I highly recommend watching it.

Check it out here. Comments can be left on the UMBCUnderground post.

SGA Presidential Candidate Debates

The Election Board will be hosting a debate between the three President/Vice President tickets this week. Be sure to attend or submit questions beforehand to him via email (jmccaul1@umbc.edu). UMBCtv will be filming the debates, so they should be viewable after the fact via the UMBCtv website.

When: This Wednesday at 7:00 PM.

Where: Student Organizations Space, 2nd floor of the Commons building (between Flat Tuesdays and the Gameroom)

SGA Presidential Candiates

There are three tickets vying for SGA's Presidential office this year. All three have created websites with information on their platforms for students interested in getting more information.

Michael “SteelWolf” Comberiate (running mate = Sonia Siddiqui): steelwolfforchange.com

Steve Gilmore (running mate = Tokunbo Elegbe): http://gilmore.umbcsga.org/

Elani Odeyale (running mate = David A. Indek): http://umbcnow.com/

Remember, voting will be held from April 21-April 23 via Blackboard.

Last Day to Apply for SGA

If you haven't already, you should definitely consider applying to run the SGA elections. It's an excellent way to get involved in the campus community and help to change it for the betterment of your fellow students.

Check out the application and other details on the election website. Even if you're deciding not to run, keep on the lookout for information on the various candidates so you can make informed voting decisions.

Best of luck to everybody who applies!

We Need an Election Board Chair

Even though the SGA elections don't occur until later in the Spring semester (April), we are looking for somebody to head up the election board now. The job of the Election Board Chair is to encourage as many students as possible to participate in the election, ensure that all of the candidates are playing fairly, and plan various election events. He or she also gets to recruit people to serve on the Election Board and gets a stipend. If you are interested, contact David Hoffman by email ( dhoffman@umbc.edu ) or stop by his office on the second floor of the Commons in the Student Organizations space. Training for the selected EBC begins next month.

You can also read the official announcement here.