Armed with the 21-page 2013 Election Code handbook, the Student Senate Elections Commission is considering alleged campaign violations after Sunday night’s hearing. The unprecedented 25 percent voter turnout made for a competitive campaign season where each coalition watched the other for possible infringements of election protocols. Ad Astra and KUnited coalitions collectively face 29 alleged [...]
Brandon Woodard and Blaine Bengtson, students running for president and vice president in KUnited, answer some questions about why they’re running and what to look forward to by engaging yourself in the upcoming election. Brandon Woodard, senior from Topeka, majoring in Political Science. Member of Delta Lambda Phi, pledge class president freshman year, served as [...]
Voting for student senate elections will take place on April 10 and 11, and results will be announced on April 17. Brandon Woodard, a senior from Topeka, is KUnited’s 2013 presidential candidate and Blaine Bengtson, a junior from Salina, is KUnited’s 2013 vice-presidential candidate. Marcus Tetwiler, a junior from Paola, is Ad Astra’s 2013 presidential [...]
KUnited, a student senate coalition, has released four more platform initiatives for the 2013 campaign. Brandon Woodard, a senior from Topeka, is KUnited’s 2013 presidential candidate. Blaine Bengtson, a junior from Salina, is KUnited’s 2013 vice-presidential candidate. New Aquatic Center at the Rec KUnited plans to work with KU Recreation Services to begin the process [...]
KUnited and Ad Astra, the coalitions running in the Student Senate elections in April, both hosted their kickoff parties at The Burger Stand, 803 Massachusetts Street, last week. Topeka senior Brandon Woodard, KUnited’s 2013 presidential candidate, said that about 80 people showed up to their kickoff party last Wednesday. Woodard said this was more of [...]
Douglas County elections are less than a month away. Primary elections are on Feb. 26, and the voter registration deadline for residents is Tuesday, Feb. 5. Although students can print an online registration form and mail it in, undergraduate student Amber McArthur hopes to encourage more students to register, making the process even easier for [...]
About 50 students were gathered in the lobby of the Kansas Union watching as Barack Obama was announced the winner of the 2012 Presidential Election last night. When Obama reached 270 electoral votes and Wolf Blitzer of CNN announced that he was reelected, cheers erupted from many of the students in attendance. “I voted for [...]
What influences voters to identify with their personal political beliefs? That’s the question the PoliticalFiber.com staff set out to answer in The 100 Voters Project. The full infographic is available here. – For more political news and conversation, visit PoliticalFiber.com. To contact Kelly Stroda, email her at kelly@politicalfiber.com.
For the first time since Robert Kennedy’s campaign in 1968, a candidate for the White House stopped to speak at the University prior to a national election. “We all know that Republicans are red and Democrats are blue,” said Judge Jim Gray, Libertarian vice presidential candidate, during a rally held in the Kansas Union Monday [...]
Election Day is one week away, campaign season is winding down, and many American voters have chosen their candidates. However, for those of you who remain undecided, here is a breakdown of the issues most important to young people. Take a look at where former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama stand on higher [...]
To avoid the lines on Election Day, voters registered in Douglas County can take advantage of advance voting on campus this week. One of Douglas County’s advance voting sites is located in the Drive Room of the Burge Union, said deputy court clerk Ben Lampe. It is open today, Wednesday and Thursday this week from [...]
As a sophomore, Erin Zingré said she remembers seeing older students’ submissions for the Get Out the Vote initiative and wondering what she would submit if given the chance. This year, as a “super senior,” she got that chance. “My initial thought was, how about we have a donkey and an elephant on a couch [...]
After the extensive coverage of the presidential election, including the secret videos, SNL spoofs, pundit opinions, theme songs and unsavory political ads, it is time to hear from the candidates themselves in a moderated setting. The first of three presidential debates will air tonight at 8 p.m. Central Time on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and [...]
The biggest issue facing student voters might not be who to vote for but how to vote. For students wanting to vote but not knowing how, Student Union Activities Social Issues Committee is providing a more convenient way to register on campus. The committee’s mission is to remove the barriers for students to vote. To [...]
Freshmen will have the chance to vote for their Student Senate representatives online starting Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The elections will continue online Wednesday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. To vote, go to the University’s homepage at http://www.ku.edu and follow the instructions. The candidates are listed below: Lauren Arney J’Qui Audena [...]
