Thursday, October 23, 2008
Senate splits campaign legislation into 3 parts
Student Senate voted to separate the bill that would have shortened the time allowed for campaigning prior to elections and cut the amount of money coalitions can spend on campaigning. The bill was separated into three parts and each part was voted on individually. The first part, which limited the amount of time allowed for campaigning activities prior to elections, passed. Senate voted to table the two other parts, which would have created a new Elections Reform Board and limited the amount of money coalitions could spend on their campaigns. Senate will reexamine the two pieces of legislation and eventually submit them to the Elections Commission. The Elections Commission is an unbiased board of disinterested individuals who create rules for Senate elections.
1,846 students register to vote through SLAB
The Student Legislative Awareness Board, or SLAB, registered 1,846 people to vote during the last several months. Ryan Lawler, Bolingbrook, Ill., senior and SLAB community affairs director, said SLAB registered about 35 percent Democratic, 33 percent unaffiliated, 26 percent Republican and five percent declared independent. Lawler said 430 students registered to vote on the last day registration was open, which was Oct. 20.
SLAB tripled the number of students it registered to vote in this year’s presidential election from 2004, when it registered 600 students. Lawler said SLAB registered students in about 30 scholarship halls and greek houses, the student residence halls and at tables on campus.
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I can't wait for partisan flame wars on Kansan.com articles again... I miss reading them so much.
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