Student Government Positions Available - JOIN NOW!
August 19, 2020Available positions
President
Vice President of:
Public Relations
Finance
Development
Programming
Records
Student Health and Safety
Representative of:
South Yuma County
La Paz
SGA Election Timeline
Monday, August 10th, 2020 12:00PM
Election Application Packets available online via Webpage.
Thursday, August 27th, 2020 12:00PM
SGA Election Applications Due to the Office of Student Life at: student.government@azwestern.edu
Monday, August 31st, 2020 03:00PM
Mandatory Candidates’ Virtual Meeting (Zoom); Campaigning can begin at the close of the meeting.
Tuesday-Thursday, September 1-8, 2020
Online General Candidates Virtual (Social Media) Campaign Period.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 08:00AM
Election Voting Begins
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 05:00PM
Election Voting Ends
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 03:00PM
Election results posted online
Monday, September 21st, 2020 03:30PM
New SGA Officers inducted during first Virtual SGA Induction Ceremony
Monday-Thursday, September 21st-24th, 2020 By email Appt.
New officers complete SGA Packet
Friday & Saturday, September 25th-26th, 2020 09:00AM
SGA Weekend Training and Leadership Workshops
Virtual Election Code
- Examples of the campaign materials must be submitted to the Office of Student Life staff and approved before it can be displayed via email at student.government@azwestern.edu
- Digital platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are permitted
- Facebook groups are permitted as part of the campaign. However, the wall MUST BE DISABLED so that people cannot leave comments
- Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are allowed during campaigning week but CANNOT be used during the election days
- Candidates can record and post videos to social media to share with the student body. Candidates are not allowed to go live on any platforms. Senate candidates’ videos can be a maximum of 30 seconds, and executive candidates’ videos can be one minute.
- During elections, NO NEW campaign materials can be posted online. Candidates and their friends CANNOT place Facebook statuses or tweets that ask students to vote for them. They can only say “Don’t forget to vote in the SGA election”
- Where possible, candidates should disable comments on any social media post, group or event.
- If you are in doubt whether something is allowed, ask before you do it. It’s better to be safe than to find yourself disqualified
- Campaign materials are to be removed by the candidate/supporters within 24 hours of the conclusion of the election.
Disqualifications
- A violation of any of the election rules or student code by conduct by any candidate may lead to disqualification
- The disqualification of a candidate will be determined by the elections committee
- If a candidate is removed from the election process, the candidate with the next highest vote total will assume the disqualified candidate’s position