ELECTION RESULTS – FALL 2008

FACTS:

# of eligible MATC student voters: 9,487

# of students who "opened" the ballot: 707 (7.45% of eligible student voters)

# of students who voted: 203 (28.7% of students who opened ballot)

or

2.14% of total eligible student voters

There were no eligible “write-in” candidates.The Senate has 3 open Senate seats and welcomes applicants.

Generally speaking, a 30% voter-turnout for a college student government election is considered "good."  Single-digit turnout, is however, very frequent across the country. For example, at UW-Madison in the fall of 2007, there was a 5.61% voter turnout for the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) Election.  In the Spring of 2008, their voter-turnout jumped to 7.3%.

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Results of the MATC Student Senate Election - Fall 2008

PRESIDENT

Jason Humke - Liberal Arts Transfer Program (51 votes)

VICE PRESIDENT OF ADINISTRATION & FINANCE

Lyndsey Benish* - Marketing Program (51 votes)

VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

Dani Bartle* - Human Services Program (51 votes)

VICE PRESIDENT OF LEARNING

Brian Norton - Liberal Arts Transfer Program (35 votes)

VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ifrah Mohamed* - Liberal Arts Transfer Program (33 votes)

SENATORS

Samuel Aquino Drohin - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (67 votes)

Jeffrey Herwig* - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (66 votes)

Aaron Hundt* - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (65 votes)

Ricci Fisher* - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (62 votes)

Yee Cherry Xiong* - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (62 votes)

Jessie Nunez* - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (57 votes)

Jeffrey Van Allen - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (57 votes)

Kelsang Lhamo* - Liberal Studies Transfer Program (52 votes)

        * new student at MATC