With Student Government presidential elections approaching in February, Texas State s Student Government Election Board is actively seeking four new members.
The Student Government Election Board has disqualified two candidates from current Student Government races and is considering a third, citing violations of the organization s Election Code.
Presidential candidate Richard Vega and senatorial candidate Hayden Wilson have been disqualified from their races, according to Election Board Chair Nicholas Scholz. Scholz says the board is reviewing senatorial candidate Cody DeSalvo s candidate status and will make a decision on it tomorrow based on the results of a hearing surrounding DeSalvo s expulsion from Student Government. Student Government Election Board Operating Memorandum, which cites the results of certain Election Code violations.
Scholz says Vega was disqualified for failure to attend a Rules Reading Seminar in January, which Vega says he missed because the Zoom link for the meeting was sent 10 minutes before the start time, creating a conflict with a class he had scheduled.Â