ill ee RO tegen eee ey gt Pte Ee May 21, 1993 ea ee e « . EE A RR aera ees 7 ete @eeeeceseet O 8S 68 0 0 « 6s 4 2 5 S88 8-0: 6 ate tenets"? @ 6 6 6 6.6 8 & wena +. 2 -@ ¢ « & 6 e108 6 a es 7e'n ete nia sno tstetetst thee se arate ete computerized system for use in next year's s tudent elections * SQL + en LLL a nae ne LLL @ New process will be able to regulate student voting, but may harm voter Turnout By ERIC MORROW Campbell said. "The voting sys- tem would provide for that,” he Said. x | However, eG some senators ex- pressed their concern that touch tell voting would reduce voter turnout. a ae aac ate tat state rte anata TT Tete e RT OC to takesome time to considerall of the potential problems related to. thesystem before Passing the reso- lution. “It is important to look at all the potential problems especially - with logistics becauseit cancreate “I question whether people some serious problems if a proSIGNPOST govt. affairs editor would even vote if there are no gram is flawed,” Roylance said. booths. I certainly believe it won't Social sciences senator Bryan The ASWSU studentsenate this encourage greater turnout,” said Benard said he feels the program week narrowly approved a reso- senate chairwoman Julie could lead to abuses in the cam-. lution to implement a computer Batchelor. Paigning process. program for computerized votApplied sciences and technol“I'm worried that a new form ing in 1994 elections. ogy senator Sean Stromberg said _ ofph onecampaigning will emerge According to the resolution’s he feels it is crucial to get the proand students will be harassed b sponsor, health professions senagram started as soon as possible. candidates over the phone and tor Zachary Campbell, the com“This is the last year that we thus reduce voter turnout even puterized system should restrict have buying power with the admore,” Benard said. students to voting for candidates min representing istrationand theSTAARS pro- their constituency | gram, So it’s import ant to take full and also reduce the cost of elections. “Itismoreimportant for proper constituency representation," advantage and stromberg said. ASWSU move President fast,” = Melinda Roylance encouraged all sena tors ‘Senator Tom Lakey did not share thesameconcernsas Benard Over campaigning strategies.“ don’t think campaigning would change because candidates will still have to go to the people,” Lakey said.