The College of Social Science and James Madison College each have four candidates on the ballot, compared to five colleges that have no ballot candidates, including the College of Music, College of Nursing and College of Communication Arts and Sciences. There also are eight write-in candidates among the college’s vying for positions.

ASMSU Chief of Staff Eric Branoff said because representation is based on college population, larger colleges tend to have more competition, especially if the college is more politically oriented.

“(There are) a few that are neglected sometimes because we think they’re apathetic, when, in fact, they do care, and we just need to reach out,” he said.

For social relations and policy sophomore Jessica Leacher, running as a candidate for James Madison College was no question after spending a year in the James Madison College Student Senate.

“We’re all about politics,” she said. “This is kind of our niche, so I think that has a big contributor.”

Psychology sophomore and write-in candidate for the College of Social Science Chris McClain said students in the larger, politically inclined majors might be more involved in student elections because their curricula center more around government than many other majors.

“People are already predisposed to political things,” he said. “It’s almost second nature to them.”

But Leacher said despite the students’ interest in politics, not all are familiar with what ASMSU does as a student government group.

In last year’s elections, 2.8 percent of undergraduates voted during General Assembly elections and ASMSU is aiming to get a 10 percent turnout this year, Branoff said, adding so far he thinks students have been receptive to the polling stations ASMSU has set up at residence halls and other areas on campus.

“I don’t feel like the student body is as informed as they could be,” Leacher said. “A lot of my friends don’t know what’s going on in ASMSU. It’s important to be aware of that and be aware of what our representation is doing.”

Branoff said he was surprised no one is on the ballot for the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, which normally has at least two candidates in the running.

Communication junior Mone Ross, who is the current ASMSU representative from the college, said when she ran for election last year, she also was the only person on the ballot, although she didn’t know it until elections were finished.

Ross said she would have liked to have competition last year so more people in the college would be involved in the election process and learn what ASMSU was.

“If more people were nominated … people would be more knowledgeable about the organization and what it is,” she said.

To vote, visit studentelections.msu.edu.