In the 2017-18 Ohio University Student Senate elections, some students took to the polls to voice their support for clocks in every classroom and spicy chicken sandwiches every day.
Every year, the ballots for the senate elections have the option for students to write in the names of candidates they want elected, and this year, Time for Ohio, an unofficial ticket, took most of those votes. A total of 2,202 students voted in the senate elections.
The Time campaign received 85 votes overall in the election. The three candidates who received the most votes under Time for Ohio were Chrissy Grieshop for president, Anthony DiRienzo for vice president and Luke Fikaris for treasurer.
WE LOST!! Thanks To Everyone For Their Support This Election And Join Us Next Year As We Run A Completely Legitimate Campaign. #VoteTime
— Time For Ohio (@TimeForOhio) April 5, 2017
The Fight ticket received the second highest number of write-in votes. Fight was removed from the ballot after not turning financial records in on time for the fourth time.
Students mostly chose to just write in "Fight" rather than one of the specific candidates from the ticket. Overall, "Fight" received 19 write-in votes.
Students also wrote in OU administrators for positions such as president and at-large senator. Former OU President Roderick McDavis received the most write-in votes of all the administrators with a total of seven votes, compared to OU’s 21st President Duane Nellis’ four votes.
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Students also wanted some candidates that were not exactly human, such as death, in office. Death received seven votes, all in separate categories.
Some students went further than writing in nonhuman candidates by instead submitting a statement. The statement "Palpatine is the Senate!" was written in five times, each vote in a different category. Palpatine is the evil emperor from Star Wars.
Other celebrities students wanted to represent them in Student Senate included Tom Hanks, Bill
