GW Joint Elections Committee

The Committee is honored to report that Results from the 2008 General and Runoff Election have been formally certified.

Below please find the official results for the 2008 General Election. Listed below is any candidate who received votes from more than 1% of his or her respective uniform constituency group. A full copy of all votes cast will be available in the Committee’s public record. Please note, bold indicates winner, italic indicates tie, and underline indicates runoff participant.

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Committee Announces General Election Results

Students at the George Washington University voted today to elect members of the Student Association Senate, Program Board, Marvin Center Governing Board, and the Student Association Executive Vice President. The election, which occurred entirely online this year, allowed some 4390 student’s voices to be heard, a dramatic increase over years past.

This marks the end of an intensive three-week campaign period for most candidates as they submit financial reports detailing their expenses, however, one race still remain undecided. The Student Association Presidential race did not yield a candidates that met the bylaws mandated 40% requirement. That seat will therefore be determined in a runoff election on March 12th and 13th.

“The election is not over yet - it’s still anyone’s game.” Commented Committee chair Benjamin Balter, “We’ve seen some heated races the past few weeks, and we anticipate that friendly competition to continue through the runoff.”

With the announcement of results, the Committee can now begin to act on complaints received against non-registered candidates who won a seat or are now eligible to participate in the runoff election. The charter mandates that results not be certified until such proceedings have been finalized. It is important to note that the results announced today by the Committee are preliminary and they can still be corrected prior to certification.

A full list of preliminary results and official results are available as well as a formal press release.

The Joint Elections Committee (JEC) is an independent body that administers student elections at the George Washington University. The JEC is comprised of two appointees from the Student Association, one appointee from the Marvin Center Governing Board, one appointee from Program Board, and one joint appointee from the three organizations listed above.

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JEC certifies February 5th Special Election Results

WASHINGTON, DC – Students at the George Washington University voted today to increase the fee per credit hour dedicated directly to student organization funding from $1.00 to $1.50, the first adjustment of the levy since its inception in 1992. The university administration has also pledged a one to one match of this increase, thus doubling the amount of revenue available to the Student Association. This change will only affect students entering GW in the Fall of 2008 or later.

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