{"id":3181,"date":"2012-04-16T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2012-04-17T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T16:27:56","slug":"tight-race-at-interurban-in-student-society-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/04\/16\/tight-race-at-interurban-in-student-society-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight race at Interurban in student society elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections, held April 3-5, showed how important single votes can be, with the Interurban executive position being decided by a mere 12 votes.<\/p>\n

Jordan Sandwith, a first-year computer systems technician student, narrowly defeated Deana Srdic, a third-year business administration marketing communications student.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne vote, 12 votes\u2014a win is a win in my eyes,\u201d says Srdic, who was outside Canada for the election.<\/p>\n

Less than 10 percent of students enrolled at Camosun participated in this year\u2019s CCSS elections, which also saw the election of a number of other positions for both campuses.<\/p>\n

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Image by League of Women Voters of California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Srdic says she realizes just how busy students can be. Between balancing class schedules, homework, and socializing, it can be a challenge for students to find time to vote, but she says it does matter that they do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly important that students do take every opportunity to vote,\u201d she says. \u201cThe student society makes decisions that directly impact Camosun students. Voting for an elected board is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandwith says that while voter turnout was poor, it was still higher than it was last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last election there were less than 150 people who voted at Interurban,\u201d says Sandwith. \u201cI think we doubled that this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such a tight election actually generated more excitement and anticipation for Sandwith.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a close race,\u201d says Sandwith. \u201cI think there were other positions that came very close, so it was a very close race this year. It was exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Sandwith heard preliminary results on the last evening of the elections, he knew it was going to be close.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think both people running for the position have a lot to offer,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was a close race for obvious reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Newly elected student society representatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

External executive \u2013 Madeline Keller-MacLeod<\/p>\n

Finance executive \u2013 Chris Marks<\/p>\n

Lansdowne executive \u2013 Piotor Burek<\/p>\n

Interurban executive \u2013 Jordan Sandwith<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s director \u2013 Elizabeth Morris<\/p>\n

Pride director \u2013 Daphne Crossman<\/p>\n

Students with disabilities director \u2013 Chantal Kyffin<\/p>\n

First Nations director \u2013 Josh Goodwill<\/p>\n

International director \u2013 Bonita Ba<\/p>\n

Lansdowne director \u2013 Cullum Eric Harrison<\/p>\n

Lansdowne director \u2013 Megan Marshall<\/p>\n

Lansdowne director \u2013 Sean Murray<\/p>\n

Interurban director \u2013 Anthony McGill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections, held April 3-5, showed how important single votes can be, with the Interurban executive position being decided by a mere 12 votes. Jordan Sandwith, a first-year computer systems technician student, narrowly defeated Deana Srdic, a third-year business administration marketing communications student. \u201cOne vote, 12 votes\u2014a win is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3207,"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":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t