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With polls set to close at noon today, this year’s Undergraduate Council presidential elections appear to be headed for the lowest voter turnout in the last decade. The lower turnout may favor the two outsider tickets in a race in which current Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 has been cast as the clear favorite to win the presidency...
...history is any indication, the apparent voter apathy this year may be due to the strong position of Sundquist, who is running against two tickets with no council experience. The prior voting low in 2001 coincided with the candidacy of Sujean S. Lee ’03, who was the last presidential candidate to have served as council vice president before running...
...more than twice as many votes as the second place finisher that year, Maryellen “Mel” McGowan ’09—campaign manager for Sundquist and running mate Randall S. Sarafa ’09—said that the lack of voter enthusiasm would likely not favor her ticket...
...ways our entire campaign has been about combating voter apathy rather than selling the candidates,” she said. “It was less about convincing people to vote for Matt and Randall, it was about convincing people to vote...
Matthew L. Sundquist '09 and Randall S. Sarafa '09 will be taking the reins of the Undergraduate Council for the coming year, winning a race that featured the lowest voter turnout since the council began popularly electing its top officials...