Update, 8:15 p.m.: In addition to Bradley Opere, several candidates did not obtain enough signatures in their petitions to appear on the ballot for other positions. They have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to reach the required number, which varies by position.
The referendum about graduate students' governance was one of the petitions that did not get enough signatures. To appear on the ballot, the referendum had to obtain more signatures than any candidate — 2,914, which is 10 percent of the student body — and only had 2,049 by the 5 p.m. deadline.
Senior class officer candidates Elizabeth Grady and Rich Burris reached their required number of signatures — 250 — but their opponents, Elizabeth Brewer and Komal Gandhi, need eight more signatures by tomorrow evening.
Travis Broadhurst, who is running for president of the Residence Hall Association against incumbent Taylor Bates, was also among those who did not receive enough signatures. He needs 129 more signatures to reach the required 250.
Two student body candidates obtained the 1,250 student signatures that officially put them on the spring 2016 ballot Tuesday. One candidate, Bradley Opere, did not get enough signatures, so he has a 24-hour extension to get the signatures needed.
The fourth candidate, Andrew Williamson, dropped out, Board of Elections Chairperson Grayson Berger said.
The candidates had until 5 p.m. Tuesday to get enough signatures to keep them in the race. Wilson Sink and John Taylor were both able to get enough signatures, so they will participate in two debates tonight. One — happening now in Bingham Hall — is sponsored by Student Congress, and the other, sponsored by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, starts at 8 p.m. in New West.
The Board of Elections is still counting signatures for other petitions, including for the graduate student governance ballot initiative.
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