BSG elects announced
By Amanda Seef
NEWS EDITOR
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Photos by Lauren Miller, Staff Photographer |
As voting ended, the Election Commission of Brockport Student Government announced the decision for elected positions for the 2008-09 academic year.
Kyle Amendola and Bill Keating were chosen by 401 of the 463 voters in this year’s election. The president and vice president elects received an overwhelming 86 percent of the votes. Amendola and Keating hope to represent innovation, tradition and change during their time in office.
“This is your government, this is your money and you control it,” Keating said in a previous statement.
Finance Club vice-president Lindsay Geyer was elected as the BSG Treasurer. She received 63 percent of the total votes over Randall Franklin, the current BSG vice president. Geyer hopes to maintain constant communication with clubs and organizations to ensure that funds are allocated properly.
“I intend to regulate and update budgets both internally within BSG and with clubs to ensure bigger, better and more programs,” Geyer said in a previous statement.
Board representatives for on and off campus were chosen. Clayton Santic and Paul Giglio were both chosen for on-campus representative positions with more than 85 percent of their jurisdiction voting for them. Jeff Scanzuso, Nate Casillo and Rich Jebo were all elected for the off-campus representative positions, also with more than 85% of voters choosing them. All five representatives plan to listen to student’s opinions and bring student concerns to the board.
Voter turnout was low this year, with only 6 percent of students showing to cast their ballot. The total amount of voters, 463, is a 48 percent decrease from the voting turnout last year. Issues on the ballot over the disqualification of Darnell Pierce and Michelle Ford early in the open campaigning made an impact, as many students chose to not vote at all. Students were able to turn in write-in ballots or choose to not vote for the ticket while they cast votes for other races.
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