Student Association Elections 2009!

1:00 Now back in the WRGW studios, we thank you for joining us for SA election coverage.  From all of us at the news department, thanks to all who participated in our election coverage - from our news staff:  Lex Ratner and Alex Laska running operations downstairs, Jenn Neuner and Roxanne Martin as our roving reporters, and our panel Jesse Regis, Jared Pliner and Mallory Thompson - to our special WRGW guest commentator Steve Glatter - to Adam Rosenbloom who helped us get on air - and of course, all of the wonderful guests that joined us throughout the evening.  Please watch the newsblog over the coming days for the certified election results from the JEC and tune in to News In-Depth this Sunday from 12-1 and News at 6, every weekday.

12:20 Boyer says he's moving forward and not looking at past things.

12:17 Boyer says as far as he's concerned, the results are not final.

12:16 Boyer says that he is a huge supporter of Lifton.  Boyer believes that the numbers suggest he will be the next president.

12:15 Kyle Boyer joins us.

12:11 Hearsay near the JEC table says Kyle Boyer needed 2 more votes to break the 40% margin.

12:11 Dylan Pyne has Tim Miller shave his mustache live on air.

12:08 Julie Bindelglass joins us.

12:05 Callahan points out that the JEC still has to certify the results - this means that there is a slight chance that if Boyer's total breaks the 40% there may be no need for a runoff.

12:03 In the runoff:  Kyle Boyer within .05% of winning the election outright.  And 21.3% of the total, Julie Bindelglass.

12:03 There will be a runoff.

12:01 Glatter comes in with breaking news that the last of the law school ballots have been counted.

11:59 Wesley Callahan joins us.

11:55 Glatter says that it will probably be 30 minutes before the presidential results are announced.  Dan Sadlosky joins us.



11:53 A shout of "Tim Miller sucks" shouts to a round of boos.

11:50 Lifton:  One student association working together...maybe two branches, but we will work together.  Everyone needs a lobbyist in DC - that is what the SA will do next year for GW students.

11:48 Jason Lifton joins us.  JEC is huddled around their table looking over the rules.

11:43 EVP goes to Jason Lifton.  Crowd goes wild - Lifton is being lifted - literally.  He wins with 58% of the vote.

11:42 Tiffany Meehan joins us.

11:40 PB Vice Chair is Wesley Callahan.  PB Chair is Tiffany Meehan.

11:39 Marvin Center Governing Board undergraduate members go to Ethan Elser, Richard An, Shayn Prapaislip and Andrew Metcalf.

11:37 Giovanni Tomasi joins us.

11:36 Soham Gupte joins us.

11:34 School of Business senators will be Christopher Clark and Brandon Feldman.

11:33 ESIA Undergraduate senators will be Soham Gupte, Giovanni Tomasi and Dan Sadlosky.

11:32 Greta Twombly says that despite her letter, there is a lot of love within the Student Association.

11:29 Steve Glatter says Senate takes up bill that would add more graduate seats to the senate.  Twombly agrees that the current SA is broken.  SMHS graduate senator will be Brian Droker and Tom Fogerty.  SPHHS undergraduate senator will be Tyler Hartman.  ESIA graduate senator seat is a tie between Carey Hale, Carolyn French, Drew Beck and Yeu Jye Hueng.

11:25 Jesse Regis:  Let's play hardball.  Twombly is commenting on the Aswani administration and the Unity ball.

11:20 CCAS Graduate senator will be Natalie Kaplan.  Some confusion if she can be a grad senator if she is still an undergrad at the moment, however...not confirmed that she didn't graduate last semester.

11:19 SEAS Undergraduate senator will be Jon Binetti.  SEAS graduate senator will be Mohit Chhaya and a tie for the second seat Christian Salmon and Neha Ganju.  College of Professional Studies senator will be James Baker.

11:14  School of Business Graduate senators are Sally Schiff and Alan Susi.

11:12 Greta Twombly joins us.

11:10 Graduate Senators at Large Sean Williamson and Ross Marguiles.  Law Senators are Josh Sturtevant and Mush Figueshams Billah.

11:05 Presidential Candidate Justin Holliman joins us.

11:03 p.m.

EVP candidate Laverone "skeptical" of

11:01 p.m.

Steve Glatter eats a cheeseburger

10:56 p.m.

Logan Dobson joins us; Ben Balter (former JEC Chair Ben Balter says that the Senate will cast the deciding vote in the Ashida/Marenna "runoff")

10:52 p.m.

Dylan Pyne joins us at the table...pledges to shave his moustache!

10:46 p.m.

Logan Dobson re-elected to CCAS U; Josh Goldstein CCAS U; Melissa Gindin CCAS U; Dylan Pyne CCAS U; Caleb Raymond CCAS U; Erik Ashida & Anthony Marenna will enter a run-off election for the sixth seat

10:42 p.m.

Vishal scampers behind the blue dividing line separating us from the JEC "pen"...

10:37 p.m.

Connor Walsh joins us at the table

10:33 p.m.

Feb 28th at 1 p.m.: Don't Ask, Don't Tell protest (march from Kogan to WH)

10:30 p.m.

Vishal Aswani will be joining us soon...says a runoff is imminent

10:29 p.m

Michael Komo joins us at the table

10:26 p.m.

Approx. 4,700 total votes cast

10:25 p.m.

Write in candidates for CCAS U Senate announced...

10:24 p.m.

Connor Walsh (top voter getter) and Michael Komo (I) elected to U At Large Senate seats

10:18 p.m.

Vishal told WRGW's Mallory Thompson that Boyer's debate claim that the first time he found out about the botched Unity Ball was discovering a flyer in his mailbox, is INACCURATE

10:13 p.m.

Additional write-in names released

10:06 p.m.

JEC releases names of U At Large write-in candidates

10:04 p.m.

JEC announces financial disclosure protocol...Runoff meeting scheduled for tomorrow evening in Marvin Center Rm 433

10:00 p.m.

Steve Glatter back at the table...Hunter Patterson from the GW Patriot joins us...

9:56 p.m.

The JEC thanks the crowd (now swelling in size and intensity) for their continued patience...write-in ballots are now being tabulated

9:52 p.m.

The JEC makes it way into Columbian Square...Vishal in toe

9:49 p.m.

Steve Glatter notes that with online voting the role of the JEC is now highly specific (as compared to former years)

9:44 p.m.

The Law School vote is going to be critical tonight...now heavily in Julie Bindelglass' favor

9:40 p.m.

Kyle Boyer is in my line of sight, as is Jason Lifton, and Melissa Gindon, candidate for CCAS Senate

9:36 p.m.

We are underway!

9:27 p.m.

Good evening from GW's Columbian Square in the Cloyd Heck Marvin Center in Washington D.C.! Jared Pliner here, alongside Mallory Thompson and Jesse Regis. Many thanks to Adam Rosenbloom, Jenn Neuner, Roxanne Martin, Alex Laska, and Lex Ratner on our WRGW support staff tonight!

Fmr. WRGW Election Commentator Steve Glatter joins us, as well.

We will be here for the next few hours with complete election night coverage as the returns come in. Stay with us!