Election results delayed by write-ins - BoE releases presidential election winners
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 phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers delayed Student Council election results, the announced class presidents and candidates’ comments about the voting.
- The News-Letter reported that partial results confirmed Nattavadee Temkasem, Shereef Mohamed Elmahal and Natasha Singh as the presidents-elect for the classes of 2006, 2007 and 2008; the remaining officer results had not been released.
- The paper reported that more than 200 write-in votes delayed counting because some officer positions had no official candidates; Agarwal said, "A lot of spots weren't being filled," and called the extra counting time understandable.
- The article adds that some ballots had incorrect names for the 2008 legislation committee, which Singh said were fixed by 6 p.m.; Singh and Agarwal also criticised the election publicity, with Agarwal saying, "The advertising was horrendous," and Singh saying, "There wasn't anyone at the candidates' forum but candidates."
- The reporter writes that candidates viewed paper voting as more efficient than online voting; Elmahal said, "Ironically, I do think there was higher turnout with paper ballots," while the article says official turnout numbers had not been released.
- According to the article, Elmahal planned to work on constitutional reform and student academic concerns, while Singh planned to increase class community activities and possibly organise events with local colleges.