The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, announced candidates for a special fall General Assembly election, but this doesn't mean all of the undergraduate population will be represented.
On Monday, ASMSU announced that 16 students will campaign to fill seats within six colleges. The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, the College of Music, and the College of Nursing will remain unrepresented as no students seek candidacy. ASMSU tweeted out a press release that names the candidates and the college they are running to represent.
Candidates will have two weeks to campaign and the election will take place the week of Oct. 5.
This is a special election created to address vacancies spread across every college — besides James Madison College and the College of Natural Science — that weren't filled in the spring. Since elections are normally held in the spring, this is also the first election in which freshmen are able to run.
The General Assembly is the legislative body of ASMSU and it works to represent undergraduate student interests through elected representatives of the degree-granting colleges. It also includes representatives of other governing organizations such as the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students. ASMSU legislation is later brought to university officials, community leaders and state and federal government.
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