Five SGA senate seats tied up

Five Student Government Association senate seats resulted in ties after the tabulation of students’ votes last Friday.
Parliamentarian Rene Hernandez said SGA officials plan to release more information as soon as possible regarding the tied positions.

Hernandez said SGA officials have not finalized the office of president as a dispute has been turned in for the election, but the other officer positions are final.

SGA Officer Positions 
Kortlan Porter – Vice President – 228 votes – Accepted
Yesenia Lugo – Secretary – 219 votes – Accepted
Lee Radley – Treasurer – 208 votes – Accepted
Rene Hernandez – Parliamentarian – 212 votes – Accepted

College of Arts and Sciences
Brakeyshia Samms – 41 votes – Accepted
Justin Brown – 2 write-in votes – Accepted
Tie

College of Business and Technology
Sarah Khalifa – 37 votes – Not accepted
Ian Phillips – 31 votes – Accepted
Lloyd Blondin – 24 votes – Not accepted
Tie
Tie

College of Education and Psychology
Christina Gibson – 43 votes – Accepted
Courtney Kellum – 25 votes – Accepted
Jamie Newburn – 13 votes – Accepted

College of Engineering and Computer Science
Kortland Porter – 22 votes – Not accepted
Lee Radley – 17 votes – Not accepted
Nathan Follett – 3 write-in votes – Pending acceptance
Tie
Tie

College of Nursing and Health and Sciences
Meredith Boardman – 17 votes – Accepted
E. Ashton Wright – 12 votes – Accepted
Empty

Longview Campus
Colt Miller – 1 write-in vote – Pending acceptance
Empty

Palestine Campus
Empty
Empty

Hernandez said students cast 210 votes to pass the new SGA Bylaws.