Candidates and Delegates Get Into the Election Convention Groove
Delegates stand for the national anthem photo by Sidney Pelton
By: Kelani Allen
Writer
The most important people in the Election Convention are the Delegates and the Candidates. The delegates are the people that represent others, in this case members of english and social studies classes representing the students of Buhach Colony. The candidates in this situation are the students running for ASB positions. This includes President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Director of Rallies, Director of Activities, Athletics Director for the 2017-18 school year.
Writer
The most important people in the Election Convention are the Delegates and the Candidates. The delegates are the people that represent others, in this case members of english and social studies classes representing the students of Buhach Colony. The candidates in this situation are the students running for ASB positions. This includes President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Director of Rallies, Director of Activities, Athletics Director for the 2017-18 school year.
Meet some of the candidates:
Eyanah Ward is running for ASB vice president. Wardis running because she wants to help buhach become the place where everyone enjoys coming to school, when asked why she chose to run for the position she said. “People have been telling me that I should run because they say that I have a lot of good ideas and lots of things that I want to implement.”
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Candidate and Delegate process:
The candidates give their speeches to the delegates on why they are running and what influence they might have on the school. The delegates are then open to ask the candidates direct questions. For ASB director of activities the candidates Stephanie Graviola and Leslie Santos went up. After they were done the delegates, representing each state discuss which candidate they thought was the best and who they are electing. This happens for 5 minutes and it’s called a caucus. Then the delegates give their voting decisions for each state. Later the votes are tallied and the decisions are made.
The candidates give their speeches to the delegates on why they are running and what influence they might have on the school. The delegates are then open to ask the candidates direct questions. For ASB director of activities the candidates Stephanie Graviola and Leslie Santos went up. After they were done the delegates, representing each state discuss which candidate they thought was the best and who they are electing. This happens for 5 minutes and it’s called a caucus. Then the delegates give their voting decisions for each state. Later the votes are tallied and the decisions are made.