Elections were the topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Student Congress meeting. The election chair was compensated, a new election chair was named and presidential candidates spoke during special orders.
UOSA President Katie Fox said former Election Board chairman Jeff Riles did a great job and was probably the best chairman at OU.
Michael Ukpong was approved as election chair for the special presidential election.
Fox said Ukpong came highly recommended by Graduate Student Senate Chairwoman Susan Adams-Johnson. Adams-Johnson was at the meeting to support Ukpong.
Chairman Brett Stidham said Ukpong would be compensated $100 for his work.
Presidential candidates spoke during special orders.
Ally Glavas and Zac McCullock said UOSA needs to be more relevant to students.
“UOSA is in a pivotal point in its history,” McCullock said. “We need to refocus on what we do ... and make sure that everything we do is for the betterment of the students.”
Franz Zenteno and Cory Lloyd spoke about the difference they would like to make in UOSA.
“We’re running because we want to make a really huge change in UOSA,” Zenteno said.
Both candidates encouraged the assembly to vote April 26 or 27 at elections.ou.edu.
Congress approved $1,325 in allocations for the election board and campus organizations which operated polling stations in the general election.
Riles answered questions from representatives about the election process.
He said he received more than 500 e-mails during the election. Riles said he delegated many of these e-mails but dealt with the presidential election and Campus Activities Council election himself.
Kody Shipley, vice chairman of public relations, asked whether the recall election was ordered because voters were not required to rank candidates.
Riles said the run off was required because iterations of the system used included three candidates in the run-off election, instead of just the top two as the constitution requires.
Congress voted 22 in favor, two against and seven abstaining to compensate Riles $500 for his work during the general election.
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