Update: SGA Senate elections on hold
April 19, 2020
Update April 21: The SGA senate elections are on hold after a senator who spearheaded the vote for the elections dates met with advisers. The story was also updated to include information that J.J. Brown has not sent a memo regarding campus wide elections.
“In an April 20 meeting with the SGA advisers, they informed myself and President-elect Michael Davis that Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs J.J Brown has required that all further campus-wide elections, including SGA elections, be postponed in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the spring semester finals.I am putting together a problem-solving group within the Student Government Association in order to navigate these unprecedented times,” the senator, Jay Gibson, said.
Brown said in an email Tuesday that he has not issued a memo or any communication regarding campus election but has expressed support for what SGA decided for this years procedures.
Original story: Students can vote for their grade level, college and other representatives for the Student Government Association Senate from April 23 at 8 a.m. through 8 a.m. on April 27.
Candidates must declare to run for by 11:59 p.m. Sunday. They can declare by filling out this form.
The SGA Senate voted on April 16 to set the dates.
A student is eligible to run for Senate if they have a GPA of 2.25 or higher and have at least 12 hours of academic credit, according to the SGA constitution. A candidate must also receive a minimum of 25 votes before they are declared an elected senator.
- General senator
- Freshman class
- Sophomore class
- Junior class
- Senior class
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Fine and Applied Arts
- College of Health Sciences
- Hayes School of Music
- University College
- Reich College of Education
- Walker College of Business
- Honors and Academics
- Multicultural Affairs
- Special Interest
- Sports
- Transfer
- Interfraternity Council
- Panhellenic Council
- National Pan-Hellenic Council
If a candidate declared in person at the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership between March 4-6 and received confirmation of their declaration, they do not have to redeclare.
This article was updated to reflect when the Senate voted to set the dates.
Jay Gibson (SGA Senator) • Apr 19, 2020 at 7:01 pm
According to SGA’s judicial authority:
“The ASU-SGA Senate reserves the power to set and adjust SGA election dates. This authority of the Senate is an exclusive power of the Senate, and executive branch members of the ASU-SGA, including the Director of Elections, are not empowered to unilaterally act in the place of the Senate regarding election windows.
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Director of Elections Kelly must comply with any and all election dates specified by the ASU-SGA Senate.”
On April 16, the Senate exercised its power to set the Senatorial Election window as shown in this article. Please remember to vote in your senatorial elections!
Brigitte Kelly (Director of Elections) • Apr 19, 2020 at 5:33 pm
Senatorial Elections have been postponed to the Fall 2020 semester. Students can sign up to run for these seats in the Fall but there will be no election in the Spring. If you have any questions contact kellybc@appstate.edu the Director of Elections for Student Government Association.
There will be no Senate Elections in the Spring Semester.