{"645741":{"#nid":"645741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Polls Closing for Student Government Elections","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPolls are open for both undergraduate and graduate Student Government Association (SGA) elections. Undergraduate students have until 5 p.m. on Friday, March 26, to vote, and graduate students have until 5 p.m. on Monday, March 29. All voting can be done at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elections.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eelections.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate students have four items to vote on: the undergraduate presidential ticket, members of the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR), a proposed constitutional amendment, and a referendum on changing the fight song. Two teams are running for the presidential ticket: Sam Ellis and Ajanta Choudhury and Kyle Smith and Salmata Barrie for president and vice president, respectively. Seats in UHR are broken down by academic major, class\/year, and special constituencies, including transfer and international students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe constitutional amendment, if passed, would allow for amendments to the undergraduate SGA\u0026rsquo;s constitution to pass with either 2\/3 of the student body\u0026rsquo;s votes or 3\/4 of UHR\u0026rsquo;s votes. The amendment requires 2\/3 of the votes cast in this election to pass. Full details can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com\/sites.gatech.edu\/dist\/9\/988\/files\/2021\/03\/Proposed-Amendment-to-the-Constituion-.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth undergraduate and graduate students can vote on the referendum on changes to the fight song. The change would switch a word in the second verse of \u0026ldquo;Ramblin\u0026rsquo; Wreck.\u0026rdquo; Instead of saying, \u0026ldquo;If I had a daughter, sir \/ I\u0026rsquo;d dress her in white and gold \/ and put her on the campus \/ to cheer the brave and bold\u0026rdquo; to \u0026ldquo;If I had a daughter, sir \/ I\u0026rsquo;d dress her in white and gold \/ and put her on the campus \/ to \u003Cem\u003Ejoin\u003C\/em\u003E the brave and bold.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, graduate students can also vote on the graduate presidential ticket. The only pair running is Stephen Eick for president and Paulino \u0026ldquo;PJ\u0026rdquo; Jarquin for executive vice president. Elections for the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) will be held in the fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the responsibilities of each SGA position on the organization\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduates can vote until 5 p.m. on Friday, while graduate students have until 5 p.m. on Monday.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Undergraduates can vote until 5 p.m. on Friday, while graduate students have until 5 p.m. on Monday."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2021-03-25 17:47:29","changed_gmt":"2021-03-26 13:24:01","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633908":{"id":"633908","type":"image","title":"Gold SGA logo","body":null,"created":"1585602645","gmt_created":"2020-03-30 21:10:45","changed":"1585602645","gmt_changed":"2020-03-30 21:10:45","alt":"Circle with \u0022Seal of the Student Government Association Est. 1922\u0022 in gold, the letters SGA with Tech Tower, and Tech\u0027s name and motto.","file":{"fid":"241204","name":"Gold SGA Logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Gold%20SGA%20Logo_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Gold%20SGA%20Logo_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2409658,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Gold%20SGA%20Logo_0.png?itok=SdMRWnlk"}}},"media_ids":["633908"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"},{"id":"9475","name":"elections"},{"id":"184345","name":"undergraduate SGA"},{"id":"14397","name":"graduate sga"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}