By Laura Sanicola and Erin Shanahan

With less than four days until OrgSync polls open, United Student Government (USG) candidates have no time to lose. They have spent the last week forming their tickets, promoting their platforms on social media and preparing for Wednesday’s 2016 USG debate. In a slightly accelerated election season, candidates aim to win over a historically apathetic student body in the most contested election in recent years.

This year features an all-male contest for executive president and vice president, a departure from the gender diverse tickets of the last three years which saw two female executive presidents and one female executive vice president elected.

Daniel Stroie, GSB ‘17 and  Elisha Simon, GSB ‘17 are running for executive president and executive vice president, respectively. The duo launched their website this afternoon. Stroie is the current VP of Finance and Simon is a GSB ’17 Senator.

The opposing executive ticket is comprised of executive president hopeful Sebastian Albrecht, FCRH ‘17, and vice presidential hopeful Matthew Santucci, FCRH ‘17. Albrecht is currently a FCRH ’17 Senator and Santucci is the VP of Fordham College Rose Hill.

Both tickets were made official to The Fordham Ram on Friday, April 8.

Five out of ten positions are contested, as well as most all senate positions. Last year, only seven of the nine board races were uncontested, including the executive ticket: Ashley Domagola and Nicholas Sawicki, both FCRH ‘16. 

A Meet the Candidates is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13 at 6 p.m. and the 2016 USG Debate scheduled for 8 p.m., both in McGinley 237. Polls open on Thursday at 9 a.m. on OrgSync and close Friday at 5 p.m. As of Monday evening, the USG website had not updated its website with 2016  election information. Election results will be posted on social media.

Find executive ticket profiles and a full 2016 USG election guide here.

Positions

New position: Executive Vice President of Sustainability.

Contested VP seats: Vice President of Student Life, Vice President of Operations, and Vice President of Health and Security

Uncontested VP seats: Vice President of Sustainability, Vice President of Communications, Vice President of the Gabelli School of Business, Vice President of Fordham College and Vice President of Finance

Contested Senate Seats: FCRH ‘19, FCRH ‘17, GSB ‘19, GSB ‘18, GSB ‘17

Uncontested Senate Seats: FCRH ‘18

Unfilled Senate Seat: GSB ‘17

Timeline

Meet the Candidates: Wednesday, April 13 | 6 p.m. | McGinley 237

USG 2016 Debate: Wednesday, April 13 | 8 p.m. | McGinley 237

Polls open: Thursday, April 14 | 9 a.m. | OrgSync Link

Polls close: Friday, April 15 | 5 p.m. | OrgSync Link

2016 USG Candidates