New changes made to elections process
Katherine J. White
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: News
To vote, students had to go to Campus Center 4 and get a new red photo identification card and then go to the middle area of the Campus Center where four poll workers, volunteers from Kern County' s Elections Department, were waiting to give students voting ballots. The workers looked at the photo I.D. cards and checked for names on rosters. The workers covered listed birthdates with hands and asked students to state dates. With the correct answers, students were then directed to makeshift booths. After slipping the scantron ballots in a box, the students were given red tickets, told to put names and numbers on them, and they were then directed to the Executive Boardroom to receive free T-shirts, meal vouchers and entries into a drawing for either of two iTouch iPods.
"It was quick and painless," said Obie Harlander, 28, BC liberal studies major, of the elections process. "I got the feeling that I was signing my soul over to the devil for a meal, but the process was easy," she said.
"It was easy and not confusing," said Dimitrius Lara, 19, history major.
Michelle Ramirez, 18, a criminal justice major, felt that the new system was a good idea "This election was effective with the poll workers, but last year it seemed just as effective," said Eric Silva, 21, business administration.
Poll worker Doyle Dunham, a retired Pacific Telephone employee, said this election would have benefited from hanging posters of the candidates near the poll area because kids were saying, "What are we doing here? I don't know who I'm voting for.'"
2009 SGA Election Results
President
Shawn T. Newson
Vice President
Kristi N. Newsom
Secretary
Hilda K. Nieblas
General Counsel
Andrew Campas
Legislative Liaison
Kristen Mercer
Activities Liaison
Bethany Rice
Proposition 1
To raise student health fee and increase student health services to maxium amount alloted for the state of California.
Was not passed
Proposition 2
To place a smoke-free zone in the Campus Center and Veteran's Memorial Plaza.
Was passed
Proposition 3 (Results of student survey)
To form a committee to research the raising of funds to renovate the Campus Center
Was not passed
"It was quick and painless," said Obie Harlander, 28, BC liberal studies major, of the elections process. "I got the feeling that I was signing my soul over to the devil for a meal, but the process was easy," she said.
"It was easy and not confusing," said Dimitrius Lara, 19, history major.
Michelle Ramirez, 18, a criminal justice major, felt that the new system was a good idea "This election was effective with the poll workers, but last year it seemed just as effective," said Eric Silva, 21, business administration.
Poll worker Doyle Dunham, a retired Pacific Telephone employee, said this election would have benefited from hanging posters of the candidates near the poll area because kids were saying, "What are we doing here? I don't know who I'm voting for.'"
2009 SGA Election Results
President
Shawn T. Newson
Vice President
Kristi N. Newsom
Secretary
Hilda K. Nieblas
General Counsel
Andrew Campas
Legislative Liaison
Kristen Mercer
Activities Liaison
Bethany Rice
Proposition 1
To raise student health fee and increase student health services to maxium amount alloted for the state of California.
Was not passed
Proposition 2
To place a smoke-free zone in the Campus Center and Veteran's Memorial Plaza.
Was passed
Proposition 3 (Results of student survey)
To form a committee to research the raising of funds to renovate the Campus Center
Was not passed
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