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DeKALB – There were a total of 889 votes in the SGA elections this year, compared to last year’s 259. This is a 630 vote count increase largely due to the efforts of the Election Commission.
Coupled with large competition in the elections, the Election Commission reached out to many students through word-of-mouth, sending out mass emails to different entities such as the colleges and through the Dean of Students and outreach through social media.
A lot of attention was brought to the elections because of the increase in competition, chair of the Election Commission Michael Verlinsky said.
“One of the big factors that played into this election that was different from the past was that we had more than just four candidates who were applying for those executive seats,” Verlinsky said. “We had attention from a large number of groups on campus and from students that hadn’t even lived on campus or were transfer students who wanted to get involved and wanted to