On Tuesday, February 8, the Student Government Association approved the Elections Manual with the changes proposed by the Elections Commission.

Major changes this year include:

• the reduction of Presidential/Vice Presidential ticket budget to $1,000 American Dollars, excluding taxes,
• the limit on financial or material donations from any organization or individual to a ticket to no more than 50% of the budget’s limit to that respective campaign until that ticket’s expenditures have reached their respective spending limit,
• the reduction of campaign banners from ten to seven, and,

Additionally, the dates of elections this year have been set for Monday, April 4, 2011 to Wednesday April 6, 2011.

To view the new Elections Manual, please visit the ‘documents’ tab on the SGA website.

For more information, please contact Kinsley Stocum, Director of Communications, at kinsley17@missouristate.edu.