Candidates Kim Langley and Justin Ewald received 350 votes, and Tim Whiting and Cory Heck received 126 votes. I thought the other candidates did a good job of campaigning, and it seemed like it was going to be a really tough race. All 11 OUSC legislators who were on the ballot were elected, as well as write-in candidate Angel Guy. Write-in candidates must have received two percent of the vote to be elected, and Guy surpassed the needed 19 votes with a total of 25 votes. The additional money will fund OU's student organizations as well as give the Student Allocations Funding Board extra money needed for next year.
More money equals more activities and more activities equal better student life.
As always, some OU students felt that the candidates on the ballot weren't sufficient and wrote in their choices for the positions. Whether students were voting for actual candidates or fictional ones, the number of ballots cast was almost twice higher than last year's total of 543. Despite the rise, Dickow would like to see more students get involved with elections. We would like to increase the number next year and change the apathetic nature of the students on campus. Student Body President Adam Kochenderfer agreed that although the numbers are low, things are looking up for future years.