Election time...

Class elections were held this week. The rules state that campaigning starts one week before the polls open, and the campaigning must end at 11:59pm the night before. I swear, every election in Florida has an issue. It started with the 2000 Presidential election, but since, there have been problems here every time. In the fall, I ran for Class President. I lost, and it was whatever. It happens. I was sick with a migraine the days of campaigning, and I couldn’t get out there. We had the election, and it needed to be redone. Ugh. So we did it again, and the results gave us a new leader. So for two weeks we had one, then the rest of the year we had another. It came time for Spring Elections, and I ran again, and won. I found the results on Good Friday, and that’s when the problems started. The Executive Board has three offices that haven’t been decided yet, and we’re in the middle of a revote now. I’ll let you know how it goes. It’s crazy, but so much fun. I’ve never seen grassroots politics at its finest. Campaigning literally takes you from door to door, asking every member of your class for your support.





A word of advice for those of you who seek class office in the fall: WAIT UNTIL THE FALL. Don’t start campaigning now. It gets everyone riled up all summer (we had all of the 360 website divided between the three candidates) and it breaks most of the election rules. Make friends, not political enemies. Use the website to your advantage by telling people why you do what you do, and those friends that you make will more likely than not support you this fall. If anyone would like to know more about the rules, shoot me an email.