After all confirmations have been sent out, an Announcement of the Election containing the date, time, and location of the General Meeting will be sent out to the EGSA Members via e-mail. All department representatives are required to distribute this Announcement to their respective graduate student department distribution lists. During this General Meeting at which the Election will be held, ballots with the candidates and corresponding positions will be distributed to all of the members attending for those positions having more than 1 candidate. The candidates for each Senate position should be introduced by the current Senator, respectively. Each candidate will be allowed a chance to speak briefly and answer a limited number of questions from the EGSA members present.
Ballots are only necessary for contested positions.
For uncontested positions, the candidate is expected to face away from the audience while a vote by raising hands is conducted. For department representatives, only those members may vote for the members of their own department. The ballots will contain a spot for the voter's department, which must be filled out for the ballot to count. Each EGSA member's votes will be kept secret and are never to be disclosed, which will be mentioned on the ballot. Only currently-enrolled engineering graduate students at the University of Southern California are allowed to vote in this Election.