Student Government Election This Week

(Logo. Source: Student Government Association at UT-Tyler.)

The Student Government Association (SGA) at UT-Tyler will conduct its fall senatorial elections this week, from Wednesday, September 18 at midnight to Friday, September 20 at 5 p.m. Students can vote via a link student government sent to all students Wednesday via their patriot email. Voting closes Friday at 5 p.m.

While two senate constituencies are already filled (College of Arts & Sciences and College of Nursing), many others have open seats and are available for write-in candidates.

Candidates for Liberty Landing senator are: Ally Barnes, Mishelle Tessy George, Vivek Kiran Ballakur. Liberty Landing has two (2) open positions in the student senate.

Victory Village has two (2) open senate positions but no candidates.

Freshman class senator candidates are: Adaylia Krispli, Ally Barnes, Daisy Ontiveros, Hayden Allen Cobern, Kaela Young and Nicole Stefanski. Freshman class has two (2) open senate positions. The race also allows write-in candidates.

The remaining races allow write-in candidates, according to SGA’s sample ballot.

Students should contact sga@uttyler.edu or jneaves@uttyler.edu before proceeding with a write-in campaign. SGA will post the election results to its website next week.

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