Voter turnout triples in SGA Exec. election
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers the 2016 SGA Executive Board election results, turnout and candidate reactions.
- The paper reported that Green won president with 591 votes, Haviv and Hughes tied with 273 each, Du won vice president with 784, Tycher won treasurer unopposed with 779, and Kim won secretary with 166 after Beckmann withdrew; Morphett received 159.
- The article says 1,371 students voted, equal to 22 percent of undergraduates and three times last year’s 458 voters.
- The reporter writes that Green said he was excited to serve, while Kim said he was grateful for the chance and for a competitive election.
- The paper reported that Hughes linked the turnout to controversy around the election, while Haviv said the SGA should maintain students’ ongoing interest.
- The article adds that Morphett congratulated the winners and Bartholet welcomed the higher turnout and greater discussion; Du and Kilgariff were unavailable for comment.