Low voter turnout in SGA elections
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 Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the 2016–2017 SGA Class Council elections, voter turnout and the elected candidates.
- The News-Letter reported that turnout fell about 35 percent, from roughly 1,506 to 974 voters, with 24.3 percent of eligible students voting.
- The paper reported that Syed Hossain, Sarah Zappone and Noh Mebrahtu won unopposed class-president races; Hossain wrote that he was disappointed that too few students ran.
- The article adds that six students, including write-in candidate Tiffany Onyejiaka, won Senior Class Council seats, and Onyejiaka said student feedback after a debate video inspired her campaign.
- The reporter writes that the freshman election had the highest turnout, with 384 voters and nine candidates, while seven candidates competed for six junior seats, with 294 voters.
- The article says the new SGA Senate and Executive Board-elect would be sworn in on May 1 at noon.