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March 31, 1982
Student elections
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to continue today
Student Government elections
staff photo by Colin Valentine
Students vote in the Student Government elections
in the Memorial Student Center Tuesday afternoon.
Voting continues today until 6
and seven other campus locations.
p.m.
in the MSC
by Cyndy Davis
Battalion Staff
Today is the last chance for
students to vote for more than
175 candidates seeking student
leader positions for the 1982-83
school year at Texas A&M Uni
versity.
Thirty-seven hundred stu
dents voted Tuesday, slightly
less than last year’s first day tot
al, Student Body President Ken
Johnson said.
Election Commissioner
George Crowson attributed
poor voter turn-out to Tues
day’s bad weather.
“When it began to rain, we
had to move some polling places
inside where there isn’t as much
traffic,” Crowson said, “1 look
for a lot more voters tomorrow.”
Students who didn’t
Tuesday cited several
vote
reasons
why they didn’t.
Senior Larry E. Beavers, a
building construction major
from Houston, said: “I don't
know anything about the candi
dates. A lot of people don’t know
who their voting for, and cast
votes by looking at posters and
signs,”
Tony Zinsmeyer, a senior en
gineering technology major
from Dhanis, said: “I just never
have voted. I don’t know the
candidates. As far as I can tell,
they don’t run on any kind of
platform, just on who has the
largest campaign posters.”
Long lines at polling places,
caused by a shortage of election
workers and ballots, were a
problem today, Crowson said.
Freshman Kevin Tenison, a
geography major, agreed.
“One reason I’m not voting is
because I don’t want to wait in
line,” Tenison said.
Crowson said: “Tomorrow,
we have more
and on-call. We also pi
additional ballots to try to keep
lines short.
re people working
/Ve also printed 200
All students with a valid
Texas A&M student I.D. card
can vote today.
“I want to stress that graduat
ing seniors can vote,” Johnson
said.
Polls are open until 6 p.m. at
the Academic and Ageno
Building, Zachry Engineering
Center, the Memorial Student
Center, Heldenfels Hall, Har
rington Classroom Center,
Sterling C. Evans Library, Sbisa
Dining Hall and the Kleberg
Animal Center.
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