The polling station at Parks Library will be open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 28 and Tuesday, Feb. 29. In addition to the later polling hours, the Election Commission has increased advertising efforts in the days leading up to the elections. The candidates are doing their part to spread awareness about the election and boost voter turnout. Wendell Mosby and Luke Howell, candidates for GSB president and vice president, held student forums in the residence halls to inform students about the importance of voting. Honestly, the most important thing for us is not to get votes, but to get people to vote, to really look at the candidates.
Students can learn about issues and executive candidates at the open debates.
Presidential and executive debates are scheduled for today and Thursday at noon in the Memorial Union. Student apathy for GSB has been a yearlong concern. In November, senators voted to develop a system for electronic voting. The system is to be evaluated after the first year to explore the possibility of expanding polling to the Internet. However, the system was not developed in time for this year's election, so the physical polling locations and paper ballots will be used.