ASM Voter Turnout = :(

Sound the alarms, ASM has once again failed to interest students. I'd say surprise, but nobody is anymore. I'm just curious how much progress people expected already. The funny thing about blogs and instant reporting is that people start expecting instant change and instant improvement. I'll be honest, I thought voter turnout would be higher (CB Voter Turnout Contest) with all of this presidential election stuff going on, but I didn't realize how different these two things were until I voted for ASM myself.

I try to keep myself informed on whats going on, so I kind of know the responsibilities that I was choosing someone for, but the problem is that I still have no idea who these people are. the 6 question survey didn't prepare me enough to choose the most qualified applicant. In fact, I don't even remember who I voted for anymore. The worst part is, I'm not sure that this problem can be nullified very easily. A few of the candidates were freshmen, and while we could ask for their opinion on past issues, they likely will be unable to draw a good conclusion after the fact.

Now's the hard part: we get to see what happens at the spring elections. We can't expect ASM to have new ideas tomorrow, or even next month, and we wont see results for a good half of a year. On the good side, the elections committee isn't bound by any very constricting rules about how they help inform voters, so there's opportunity for big changes.

One last question for anyone: Has anyone seen any chalking by candidates for the election? The rules state specifically:

Campaigners may use water-based chalk in areas of campus that are readily exposed to the elements. Any place where it rains is fair chalking ground, but chalking shall not be used on the sides of buildings.