“This opens up the process to more people. It means anyone who wants to be part of SAC can run,” Krupitsky said.
The elections included time allotted between prepared speeches and a question and answer period.
Three members of SAC will still be selected through an application process.
“The unelectable clause recognizes that there are some people who want to be involved who may not be good at giving speeches who deserve to be on SAC,” McCarthy said. “Not everyone wants to run for office and we don’t want to be limited to that definition of politics.”
The majority of positions were also selected in uncontested elections. McCarthy said the uncontested elections showed students are happy about the leadership.
The newly elected SAC members said they plan to work on involving as many students as possible in their projects.
SAC still remains in a transition period, according to McCarthy, as the task force organized to reform the group left many decisions in the hands of SAC members.
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