USG Faces Several Special Elections

By ANTONI ZLATANOVSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

At the start of the spring 2023 semester, Fordham’s United Student Government (USG) was met with a barrage of vacancies across multiple vice president and Senate positions. At the start of the semester, there were five vacant Senate positions in addition to an estimated three vice president seats. Each year, vice president positions include work having to do with operations, budget, student life and health and security. During this specific special elections cycle, however, there were vice president vacancies within the Budgeting Committee, Student Experience Committee and Committee on Sexual Misconduct.

Special elections mainly take place when a vacancy opens up for a specific position, usually for reasons having to do with a member going to study abroad or possibly even stepping down

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