Student Senate's electronic vote sees more than 10 percent turnout
But French says a few glitches need work
Nicole Strittmater
Issue date: 2/11/08 Section: News
Vice-President Meghan Charlier said she is pleased with the results.
"It was important to move the election dates. I'm really glad that it did end up passing," she said.
But even more so, she said she is happy with the amount of student voice in this election.
"It was so exciting to see that people are actually taking part in this. (It was) as much about the results as it was getting students involved, something we've been working on all session long."
French said Senate is currently discussing whether it is a good idea to use online elections in the future.
Freshman Breanna Bohmke said she didn't see the e-mail sent out to all students about the online election.
"That's why I didn't (vote). Otherwise I would have," she said, adding that online voting in the future might be the way to go. "That'd be a lot easier."
To further test the online system out, Senate will distribute an online campus survey Thursday through e-mail.
The survey will include questions about campus food options, Senate awareness, a greener campus, academic and financial issues and comment boxes, Charlier said, and will be open until after spring break.
"I think there are just so many different students out there that we can't always know what they're thinking," Charlier said. "This is a perfect way for them to give us some feedback."
"It was important to move the election dates. I'm really glad that it did end up passing," she said.
But even more so, she said she is happy with the amount of student voice in this election.
"It was so exciting to see that people are actually taking part in this. (It was) as much about the results as it was getting students involved, something we've been working on all session long."
French said Senate is currently discussing whether it is a good idea to use online elections in the future.
Freshman Breanna Bohmke said she didn't see the e-mail sent out to all students about the online election.
"That's why I didn't (vote). Otherwise I would have," she said, adding that online voting in the future might be the way to go. "That'd be a lot easier."
To further test the online system out, Senate will distribute an online campus survey Thursday through e-mail.
The survey will include questions about campus food options, Senate awareness, a greener campus, academic and financial issues and comment boxes, Charlier said, and will be open until after spring break.
"I think there are just so many different students out there that we can't always know what they're thinking," Charlier said. "This is a perfect way for them to give us some feedback."
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