Student Government freshman elections saw a much lower
turnout in votes from 377 cast votes in 2007 to 181 cast votes in last week’s
elections.
Kyle Wineinger won the Freshman Representative position with
99 votes while the Freshman Programming Board filled two positions with Kati
Tunget at 133 votes and Cheyanne Smith at 110 votes.
Faculty Advisor of the SGA, Cory Tomasson, said he was “very
pleased with [2008’s] turnout.” “It is always nice to have a contested race for
each position. We have a very active SGA this year, and we are hopeful that
these individuals will help to make this year a success,” Tomasson said.
According to a Oct. 4, 2007 IV Leader article, the 2007
election voter turnout was the highest Tomasson had seen in 14 years.