The number of votes for Student Association elections continues to surpass numbers from last year, bringing in more than 2,700 votes in less than 48 hours.

Votes from the student body totaled 2,726 by 8 p.m., said PJ Alampi, the Board of Elections and Membership chair. He said this brings the percentage of undergraduate votes to 19.2 percent.

The sophomore class still led the vote tallies with 1,036, followed by the freshman class with 616, the junior class with 601, and the senior class still cast the least amount of ballots with 473.

Alampi said the reason for the sophomore class leading the vote tally could be because of the large amount of sophomore student involvement on campus, their awareness of the campaigns and the fact that one candidate is a sophomore.

In SA alone, the Class of 2014 makes up 41 percent of the entire assembly, or 31 of 75 members, Alampi said.

Tabling continued Tuesday to promote the elections in E.S. Bird Library, Schine Student Center and Ernie Davis Hall. The tabling provided a polling place as well, Alampi said. Students could log onto their MySlice accounts and vote right at the table, he said.

Only 10 percent of the student body vote is necessary to validate the election. Because the 10 percent threshold was passed in one day, Alampi said the next goal is to reach 25 percent and possibly even 40 percent by the time polls close Thursday at midnight.

rebarill@syr.edu

Published on November 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm