The increasing number of council representatives elected by write-in vote points is a problem that has been largely unaddressed by the council. Even though the council has worked to increase voter turnout, House elections are consistently uncontested.
Kim said she thinks the council may want to focus as much of its energies on attracting candidates as it does attracting voters.
"I saw one poster in the yard telling candidates to get their petitions in," she said, "but I saw tons of posters in my house telling people to vote."
Kyle D. Hawkins '02, chair of the council's election commission, agreed that low publicity probably contributed to the uncontested races.
"It didn't get publicized particularly well in the Houses," Hawkins said. "I don't think we did a great job getting the word out."
Hawkins, who is also a Crimson editor, said disorganization on the part of the commission caused problems early.
"The election commission had some problems in the beginning," Hawkins said. "It was unclear who exactly was on it."
Fortunately for the council, several of the write-in winners said they are looking forward to joining the student government.
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