LSUS students to stage
mock presidential election Oct. 26
10/19/04

Students at LSUS will step to the polls Tuesday (Oct. 26) in a mock election to determine who they would prefer to occupy the White House for the next four years. LSUS faculty will also be eligible to vote.

Voting booths on the campus mall in front of the University Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and election organizers promise a “complete absence of hanging, pregnant or any other kind of ‘chad.’” Campus political clubs will be permitted to electioneer in the vicinity of the voting booths, “but not too close,” says senior political science major Eric Hammons, the principal organizer of the mock election.

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will address students at 10:35 a.m. to encourage them to participate in the political process. Campbell’s address will be delivered from a stage also set up in front of the University Center. In case of inclement weather, all activities will be inside the University Center.

In a move that could warrant consideration by state elections officials, all LSUS students who cast a ballot will receive a “door prize” ticket for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to the LSUS Bookstore. The results of the mock election will be announced at 3 p.m.

The event is sponsored by the Student Activities Board with the assistance of the LSUS International Lincoln Center’s American Studies program, the LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy’s American Humanics program, the LSUS Debate Team and the campus Amnesty International Club.

For information, contact Eric Hammons at 318-458-4481
or ericrhammons@netzero.net.