NAVIGATION GSG Home Officer Elections Election Info Election Plan Candidate Statements Referendum   Last Updated: 16 March, 2006		GRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICER ELECTIONS   The GSG is holding general elections for its seven officer positions: Chair, Parliamentary Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Press Secretary, Treasurer, and Social Chair. Election results have been posted below. Election & Referenda Information Campaign Statements have been posted for the candidates Information about the positions and their duties, as well as an outline of the election rules, is available here: The Constitution, Article V on the duties of officers The By-Laws, Article III, with additional duties and election procedures Amendments made in April 2005 to the By-Laws relating to Officer elections For questions or additional information please email:  gsgelect@princeton.edu Also, contact the current officers to find out more about the positions.
		RESULTS
		Officer Elections Chair: Shin-yi Lin: Approved Treasurer: Alex Ntelekos: Approved Constitutional Amendments Amendment #1 (increase fee to $10/year): Approved Amendment #2 (increase fees annually based on stipend rates): NOT Approved For full results, including vote counts, please read the Elections Committee Report. The elections have been certified by the GSG Assembly at the March 8th, 2006 meeting. (Note: a slight mistake was made in the report regarding the calculation of the requirements to approve the amendments. A correction is available here.) The remaining Officer positions (Parliamentary Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Press Secretary, and Social Chair) will be filled with elections by the GSG Assembly at the April 12, 2006 meeting. Anyone may run by announcing their candidacy at the meeting, or you can e-mail a candidate statement in advance to gsg@princeton.edu.
		REFERENDUM
		Along with this year's officer elections, the GSG Assembly has decided to hold a referendum on two constitutional amendments related to the annual GSG fee. The fee is currently $5 per academic year. The GSG Assembly feels these proposals are important enough to put through to the student body. It is important that all graduate students read about them and make an informed decision. Read about the proposed constitutional amendments Text of proposed amendments as approved by Assembly December 14, 2005. Factual Statement about the amendments as approved by Assembly January 11, 2006 Statement in favor of the amendments as approved by the Aye committee and presented to Assembly on January 11, 2006. Statement against the amendments as approved by the Nay committee and presented to Assembly on January 11, 2006. General information about proposed amendments from the Executive Commitee (relevant sections from document sent to Assembly in November 2005) Information about the current GSG Fee and amendment procedures can be found in: The Constitution, Article X on the GSG Fee and Clause XI-6 to amend it. The By-Laws, Article VII, on referenda procedures
		CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS
		The following candidates have accepted nominations. Please read their campaign statements. Chair: Shin-yi Lin Treasurer: Alex Ntelekos
		ELECTION TIMELINE
		The following is a summary of the 2006 election process. For more details see the election plan as approved by Assembly. Election Committee formed: Wednesday, Dec. 14th Election Plan approved: Wednesday, Jan. 11th Election Committee calls for nominations: Jan. 14th, Jan 23rd, Jan 28th. Deadline for nominations: Saturday, Jan. 28th, 11:59pm Nominees will be contacted to confirm their interest and asked to submit campaign statements. Candidate statements due: Monday, Feb. 6th (11:59pm) Also deadline for post-enrolled candidates to pay dues to run in the election Announcement of candidates: Wednesday, Feb. 8th "Meet the Candidates" Forum: Feb. 13th - 6pm - McCormick Hall 101 Election days: Thursday, Feb. 23th (9am) - Tuesday, Mar. 7th (5:00pm) Election count and announcement: by Wednesday, Mar. 8th
		2006 ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
		Medini Padmanabhan, ELE (Chair)   Brookes Brown, POL   Jeffrey Dwoskin, ELE   Danielle Osler, WWS   Daniel Raburn, PPL