Board of Elections and Appointments
Appointed to protect the integrity and independence of student elections, the members of the Board of Elections and Appointments controls all VSA elections, appointments, recalls, and all related activities.
Spring 2023 Election
A general election was be held for the 2023 Spring semester to elect all campus-wide and constituent-based positions.
There are five (5) Executive Officer, sixteen (16) full-term or part-term Class Senator, five (5) Judicial Council, and nine (9) House Events Officer seats. Class Senators and Class Justices must be in their respective class years. House Event Officers must reside in the residential house that they are seeking election for.
There are also five (5) Executive Officers that, rather than being elected, are nominated by the President-elect with the support of the elected members of the Cabinet-elect. The application to be considered for nomination by the President is open during the filing and campaigning period, and students may apply for a Director position in addition to (or in lieu of) filing for candidacy. These Director positions are: Director of Services; Director of Finance; Director of Student Organizations; Director of Student Events; Director of Communications. The application can be found at: vsa.vassar.edu/go/cabinet
Per our Constitution, no person may hold more than one (1) position at a time in the VSA.
Timeline
Filing Opens
Monday, February 27th, 12:00pm –
Saturday, March 4th, 12:00pm
Mandatory Candidate's Meeting
Monday, March 20th, 6:00pm
College Center MPR
Campaigning
Immediately after Candidate's Meeting – Immediately before Voting
Voting
Monday, March 27th, 12:00pm – Wednesday, March 29th, 12:00pm
Results Announced
Wednesday, March 29th, 6:00pm
Old Bookstore
Who We Are

Rey Claro
Chair of Elections and Appointments
(he/him)

Pranami Patel
Vice Chair of Elections
(she/her)

Jude Borromeo
Vice Chair of Appointments
(he/him)

Vacant
2023 Commissioner

Kishan Patel
2024 Commissioner
(he/him)

Ben Goth
2025 Commissioner
(he/him)

Elta Bajrami
2026 Commissioner
(she/her)