After an error in the voter roll for student body elections, Student Government will hold a supplemental election Thursday for students who were left out last week.
The Elections Commission learned Monday morning that more than 2,000 eligible voters were unable to cast their ballots in this year’s elections, according to Lindsey Pullum, senior in political science and chair of the commission.
To correct this mistake, Pullum said the commission decided to allow these students to vote Thursday, and will add their votes to the results gathered March 29.
“Part-time students will have one full day to vote in this year’s Student Government elections, where they will have the opportunity to vote for all of the candidates, and those Senate candidates in their majors,” Pullum said. “The votes from that entire day will be merged with last Tuesday’s tabulations and we will recertify the votes.”
According to Pullum, this election will be held online at vote.ncsu.edu, and the commission will announce the results Friday.
Despite the extra election day, students shouldn’t expect to see candidate posters throughout campus since the commission will not allow candidates to make any purchases for this election.
“You will not be allowed to spend any money toward this election,” Pullum told candidates in an email Monday. ”You can still send messages, emails, updates, etc. to make raise awareness of this new issue, but no signs, banners, etc. should be purchased.”
According to Mike Giancola, director of the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, students who were able to vote the first time around and failed to do so should not expect Thursday’s elections to provide another opportunity to cast their votes.
“The supplemental elections that will be held Thursday will be only for part-time students unable to vote last Tuesday,” Giancola said. “If you are a full-time student who had the opportunity to vote last week and didn’t, you won’t be able to vote this time.”