The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is running its Registered Student Organization (RSO) voting competition, which is aimed at gathering votes towards its constitution amendments and representative candidates. The constitutional amendments that are being voted on have been in the works since last semester and still need a majority vote from the student body to pass. In the meantime, representative elections are being held from Sep. 15 – 21 for first-year representatives, residential representatives, and everybody else who wants to hold a position within USG.
There are two things that USG is targeting with the voting process. “For the constitution amendments, we want people to specifically vote on the changes that we made to our constitution, which represent all undergraduate students,” said David Reeves, USG Treasurer. As for the representative side of voting, “students vote for their constituencies.” For example, first-year students will be able to vote on a first-year representative. USG is pushing for these votes because it allows students to have a voice on who their representatives are.
The RSO with the highest score will win six tickets to Reswawn Laser Tag at the Copper Country Mall. Runner-ups will get a $15 gift card to Keweenaw Co-op. For anyone who wants to participate, you can vote on their website, www.usg.mtu.edu, or keep an eye out for flyers around campus.
