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ASG plans for senate election with new off-campus districts
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: Campus
With only five days left before a new year for Associated Student Government (ASG), this weekend will be a busy one for the organization as 49 new senators will be elected and trained this week.
According to ASG Executive Vice President Jeremy Harrell, this year's off-campus senator campaign was a little different than years past, simply because he has received enough petitions to fill all the off-campus senate seats.
Currently, there are 21 open positions for off-campus senators in ASG.
In order to be elected to ASG, potential senators living off-campus must have turned in a petition with 35 signatures to validate their candidacy by Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Harrell said he received 25 petitions, the highest number of off-campus senator petitions in his four years at Miami. He attributes this success in turnout to better publicity about elections than in the past.
"This year we've done a lot better about publicizing things and informing students … one of my campaign goals was to have a full senate, which we accomplished," Harrell said.
For the four hopeful senators who turned in late petitions, they will campaign against each other for the final senator spot on the first ASG meeting of the year Sept. 11.
All senators who turned in their petitions on time have a guaranteed seat in senate, said Harrell.
ASG's Secretary for Off-Campus Affairs Jen House will assign off-campus senators constituency zones. There are seven off-campus zones that senators in ASG represent, with each zone represented by a leading senator, with two senators serving under him or her.
House said the top off-campus senators are chosen based on their previous experience in ASG and leadership skills. Lower senators will be assigned to zones they generally live in or close to.
As for ASG's on-campus elections, hopeful on-campus ASG senators (21 spots are designated for this purpose) and Residence Hall Association (RHA) general assembly representatives have been campaigning since Aug. 31, said Courtney Cochran, president of RHA.
According to ASG Executive Vice President Jeremy Harrell, this year's off-campus senator campaign was a little different than years past, simply because he has received enough petitions to fill all the off-campus senate seats.
Currently, there are 21 open positions for off-campus senators in ASG.
In order to be elected to ASG, potential senators living off-campus must have turned in a petition with 35 signatures to validate their candidacy by Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Harrell said he received 25 petitions, the highest number of off-campus senator petitions in his four years at Miami. He attributes this success in turnout to better publicity about elections than in the past.
"This year we've done a lot better about publicizing things and informing students … one of my campaign goals was to have a full senate, which we accomplished," Harrell said.
For the four hopeful senators who turned in late petitions, they will campaign against each other for the final senator spot on the first ASG meeting of the year Sept. 11.
All senators who turned in their petitions on time have a guaranteed seat in senate, said Harrell.
ASG's Secretary for Off-Campus Affairs Jen House will assign off-campus senators constituency zones. There are seven off-campus zones that senators in ASG represent, with each zone represented by a leading senator, with two senators serving under him or her.
House said the top off-campus senators are chosen based on their previous experience in ASG and leadership skills. Lower senators will be assigned to zones they generally live in or close to.
As for ASG's on-campus elections, hopeful on-campus ASG senators (21 spots are designated for this purpose) and Residence Hall Association (RHA) general assembly representatives have been campaigning since Aug. 31, said Courtney Cochran, president of RHA.
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