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ASSC elections begin: March 23!
! 4 y a M May 11 ASSC pushes back the election date, yet again... straight into finals week Qhianna Sanchez Staff writer qsanchez@solanotempest.net
Voting in student government elections starts March 23. No, wait, voting starts May 4. Hold on, voting actually begins May 11. The Associated Students of Solano College election calendar has been pushed back four times this semester due to problems with the process, according to Joleena Lewis, student service senator and election committee chair. “It’s been pushed back because Dr. Slade keeps bringing things to my attention that have to be done a certain way after we’ve already passed the deadline to do them,” Lewis said. “So then we have to back up again and push the elections back in order to abide by the election code,” Lewis said. Originally, election week was scheduled for March 23-26, then was pushed back to May 4-7 when the chair of the election committee was changed due to election code requirements. A third change from May 4-7 to May 11-14 was due to problems interpreting the election code. “We are running out of time. We’re voting the week finals start but there’s no other way we could possibly do it and still stay within the privy of the election code. We’re trying to maintain everything legally,” Lewis said. “It’s frustrating, it’s exhausting, and it’s emotionally taxing especially this year be-
cause this is the first year in several years that we actually have a competition when it comes to the elections. We actually have people running against each other in every division except for legislative advocate,” Lewis said. Rischa Slade, ASSC advisor, said, “One of the responsibilities of the ASSC is to ensure that a valid election process occurs in the spring semester. And although there were some issues and some things that pushed it back, it’s finally going to happen.” “I’m pleased for the student body that they are going to get a chance to listen to the people who are willing to put themselves out there and donate their time and energy to serving them. They’ll get a chance to ask some questions, they’ll get a chance to read over their election materials, and they’ll get a chance to make their voices heard. I’m thrilled. It’s finally happening. I’m very happy,” Slade said. Chris Maynard, criminal justice major, said he probably would not vote in the upcoming election. “I don’t vote much. I’m not into politics like that. I just kind of stay out of it,” Maynard said. Melissa Smith, communications major, said she was thinking about voting, but felt there was not much information on the election or the candidates. “I wish that I knew more. I guess I don’t really know how to get that information. There hasn’t been a lot of publicity about it,” Smith said.
“We are running out of time.”
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- Joleena Lewis, election committee chair
Election Calendar as of 5/4 March 30 – May 8 Campaign period
May 6
First mandatory candidates’ assembly 11 am at the clock tower
May 7
Second mandatory candidates’ assembly 11 am at the clock tower
May 11 – May 14 Election week
May 15
Ballot count, 6 pm in the fish bowl
May 19
Ratification of election results by the ASSC senate
May 20 Presentation of results to SCCD governing board
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” -C.S. Lewis