{"id":13838,"date":"2017-03-29T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=13838"},"modified":"2017-04-07T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T20:50:16","slug":"camosun-college-student-society-to-hold-student-by-elections-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/03\/29\/camosun-college-student-society-to-hold-student-by-elections-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun College Student Society to hold student by-elections in April"},"content":{"rendered":"

Voter turnout is increasing in federal elections, and with the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) using online voting for the first time for their student elections\u2014happening from April 3 to 5\u2014the question of voter turnout is on people\u2019s minds here at the college.<\/p>\n

CCSS external executive Rachael Grant feels that there are many reasons for low voter turnout among Camosun students.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of it is that people are busy and polls have been at fixed locations,\u201d she says. \u201cAnother reason that I\u2019ve heard for why people aren\u2019t voting is that folks don\u2019t know the candidates personally; that can be something that makes someone feel like they don\u2019t want to vote. I would encourage people to read the platforms prior to every election and get to know the candidates a little bit so you can better know who\u2019s representing you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A student votes at a previous student society election; voting will be online-only this time around (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First-year Camosun University Transfer student Sean Archdekin says that he was unaware of the student elections but feels that it\u2019s important for students to have a say on what goes on in and around the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would definitely be beneficial, as older people that aren\u2019t students won\u2019t exactly know as well as students what the students would want. I only just found out about it but, yeah, I\u2019ll probably vote because I want some control on what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

CCSS executive director Michel Turcotte feels that attitudes about voter turnout differ between generations, and that this problem is something that all parties must work together to fix.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a systemic societal problem,\u201d says Turcotte. \u201cIf you look at the voter turnout rates of young people, it\u2019s dismal compared to those that are over 55, who almost all vote; not even a majority of young people vote. That\u2019s ultimately doing a disservice to the country. For various reasons, the age groups have become indifferent, but that\u2019s the government\u2019s job to establish that that\u2019s important, because it\u2019s almost to the point where certain political parties count on people not voting. That\u2019s the same thing with the student society; by not voting you\u2019re just allowing the minority of students to make decisions for you without you having a say in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Second-year University Transfer student Rhys Jones feels that it\u2019s important for students to vote because it can help impact future generations who come through the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in the event that the students won\u2019t be there when the rules or promises come into place, students who follow in their footsteps can benefit from the decisions that are made,\u201d says Jones. \u201cThe onus is on the current students to vote for the people who are coming along in the future. I would hope someone made that choice for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Voter turnout is increasing in federal elections, and with the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) using online voting for the first time for their student elections\u2014happening from April 3 to 5\u2014the question of voter turnout is on people\u2019s minds here at the college. CCSS external executive Rachael Grant feels that there are many reasons for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-march-29-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13841,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13838\/revisions\/13841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}