{"id":207,"date":"2011-03-24T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=207"},"modified":"2011-03-24T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T14:25:00","slug":"jsu-students-express-pros-and-cons-of-online-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2011\/03\/24\/jsu-students-express-pros-and-cons-of-online-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"JSU students express pros and cons of online voting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JSU students campaigning for their candidates during 2010-2011 elections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Katchell Pratcher<\/strong>
\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2011 Jackson State University Student Government Association elections will take place on\u00a0 April 6, 2011, giving students the opportunity to choose SGA officers and Miss Jackson State University.<\/p>\n

JSU\u2019s online voting process will give students 24 hours, with polls opening at 8:00 a.m.\u00a0 and closing at 8:00 a.m. the following morning. Students staying on or off campus can vote from any computer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the third consecutive year Jackson State has used the online voting system.\u00a0 It was implemented through our freshman class in the 2008-2009 school year,\u201d said Edwin Quinn, Executive Director for Administrative & Financial Operations in the Office of Student Life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbers are steadily increasing in the general election of SGA officers and class council.\u00a0 Each year the system really sees an increase in the voters,\u201d said Quinn.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe online voting system is a very thorough process\u00a0 which keeps an accurate tally of the student who is voting, tallies the number of students who voted, the time, and the number of votes for each candidate on the e-ballot form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Voting Instructions:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Visit the University\u2019s website (10.14.12.245) and click on the JSU PAWS link.
\n\u2022 Login with your J# and password, once signed in you can click on Student and Financial Aid.
\n\u2022 Next click on Online Student Voting System, then click Vote Now.
\n\u2022 Respond to the stated questions.<\/p>\n

Many JSU students like the accuracy of the online voting system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel it\u2019s an efficient way of voting and prevents students from voting more than once,\u201d said Dhahran Hall, a mass communications major.\u00a0 \u201cIt calculates the votes faster than by hand and it also keeps JSU ever evolving in the world of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other students prefer the convenience of online voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoting online is great because it\u2019s more convenient for people to get to and access. I believe more students will vote,\u201d said Charles Green, a criminal justice major.<\/p>\n

Jasmine Smith, a biology major said; \u201cI really love the online voting process because it\u2019s very fast and I can vote from home if I choose to.\u00a0 I stay off campus and I don\u2019t have to worry about not being able to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Psychology major Alonzo Washington agrees with Smith.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a great idea because most college students are online the majority of the time so it wouldn\u2019t hurt to vote online as well,\u201d said Washington.<\/p>\n

However, some students like the more conventional form of voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me it\u2019s complicated because most of the time the system doesn\u2019t work. Then you can\u2019t vote for the person you wish because you don\u2019t see the candidates on campus like that,\u201d said Alexis Butler, a music education major.\u00a0 \u201cSo then you either don\u2019t vote at all or give someone else on the ballot the vote.\u201d
\nMercedes Chafer said; \u201cI don\u2019t like it because I feel like voting in person is traditional. Today I met and talked to a perspective candidate.\u00a0 She introduced herself and that makes me believe that I will make the right choice,\u201d said the elementary education major.\u00a0 \u201cAlso voting online causes a delay because JSU\u2019s system is always down. I generally think that you should vote in person.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you have any difficulties with the online voting process, contact the Office of Student Development at (601)-979-3308. Election results will be announced on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katchell Pratcher Staff Writer The 2011 Jackson State University Student Government Association elections will take place on\u00a0 April 6, 2011, giving students the opportunity to choose SGA officers and Miss Jackson State University. JSU\u2019s online voting process will give students 24 hours, with polls opening at 8:00 a.m.\u00a0 and closing at 8:00 a.m. the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}