Vassar Student Association

VSA Elections: Results (Fall 2008)

Here are the complete results for the Fall 2008 VSA Elections—congratulations to all winners! The Raymond Freshman Representative position resulted in a tie, which will be resolved and announced by the VSA Council in the next few days.

Click on any position to see the detailed tally report. Please email Lea Wiemann at vsaelections@vassar.edu with any questions.

Tally Logs

General report

The write-ins were checked and invalid write-ins were discarded. If you believe that your write-in name has been wrongly discarded because you do not see it in the logs below, please contact vsaelections@vassar.edu. For any ballot with an invalid write-in candidate, the write-in candidate has simply been counted as eliminated before the first round, and the ranks of all lower-ranked choices were automatically increased by one.

Class of 2012 Executive Board  [top]

Class of 2012 Executive Board: President  [top]

Candidates: Alex Harrison Brody, Carson Robinson, Charlie Dobb, Charlie Nicholson, Cordelia Elaiho, Elizabeth Ilechko, Michael Mestitz, Mitchell Gilburne, Nishan Subedi, Todd Densen, Violet Edelman
Valid write-ins: Aaron Green, Alex Harrison Brody, Alexander Walzer Koechlin, Bobby Wagnerman, Carlyn Attman, Christopher Wheeler, D.b. Wong, Eric Lind, Joshua Klein, Mrinmayee, Tess Dernbach, Theo Van Der Meer, Tim Mccormick
Total number of votes cast: 440
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 1

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Charlie Nicholson: 70
Alex Harrison Brody: 60
Charlie Dobb: 56
Michael Mestitz: 49
Todd Densen: 49
Mitchell Gilburne: 34
Violet Edelman: 33
Cordelia Elaiho: 26
Carson Robinson: 19
Nishan Subedi: 15
Elizabeth Ilechko: 12
Christopher Wheeler: 2
Theo Van Der Meer: 2
Alexander Walzer Koechlin: 1
Bobby Wagnerman: 1
Joshua Klein: 1
Aaron Green: 0
Carlyn Attman: 0
D.b. Wong: 0
Eric Lind: 0
Mrinmayee: 0
Tess Dernbach: 0
Tim Mccormick: 0
Abstentions: 10

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 7 first choices (which is less than 12): Christopher Wheeler, Theo Van Der Meer, Alexander Walzer Koechlin, Bobby Wagnerman, Joshua Klein, Aaron Green, Carlyn Attman, D.b. Wong, Eric Lind, Mrinmayee, Tess Dernbach, Tim Mccormick

Numbers of first choices after 1st round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 71
Alex Harrison Brody: 61
Charlie Dobb: 58
Michael Mestitz: 49
Todd Densen: 49
Mitchell Gilburne: 34
Violet Edelman: 34
Cordelia Elaiho: 27
Carson Robinson: 19
Nishan Subedi: 15
Elizabeth Ilechko: 13
Abstentions: 10

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 13 first choices (which is less than 15): Elizabeth Ilechko

Numbers of first choices after 2nd round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 72
Alex Harrison Brody: 61
Charlie Dobb: 58
Michael Mestitz: 52
Todd Densen: 49
Mitchell Gilburne: 36
Violet Edelman: 34
Cordelia Elaiho: 28
Carson Robinson: 21
Nishan Subedi: 15
Abstentions: 14

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 15 first choices (which is less than 21): Nishan Subedi

Numbers of first choices after 3rd round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 74
Alex Harrison Brody: 63
Charlie Dobb: 58
Michael Mestitz: 54
Todd Densen: 49
Mitchell Gilburne: 38
Violet Edelman: 35
Cordelia Elaiho: 29
Carson Robinson: 22
Abstentions: 18

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 22 first choices (which is less than 29): Carson Robinson

Numbers of first choices after 4th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 76
Alex Harrison Brody: 67
Charlie Dobb: 58
Michael Mestitz: 58
Todd Densen: 49
Mitchell Gilburne: 40
Violet Edelman: 37
Cordelia Elaiho: 30
Abstentions: 25

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 30 first choices (which is less than 37): Cordelia Elaiho

Numbers of first choices after 5th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 85
Alex Harrison Brody: 69
Charlie Dobb: 62
Michael Mestitz: 59
Todd Densen: 53
Violet Edelman: 41
Mitchell Gilburne: 40
Abstentions: 31

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 40 first choices (which is less than 41): Mitchell Gilburne

Numbers of first choices after 6th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 89
Alex Harrison Brody: 75
Charlie Dobb: 67
Todd Densen: 62
Michael Mestitz: 61
Violet Edelman: 44
Abstentions: 42

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 44 first choices (which is less than 61): Violet Edelman

Numbers of first choices after 7th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 97
Alex Harrison Brody: 79
Michael Mestitz: 76
Charlie Dobb: 70
Todd Densen: 64
Abstentions: 54

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 64 first choices (which is less than 70): Todd Densen

Numbers of first choices after 8th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 105
Alex Harrison Brody: 87
Michael Mestitz: 87
Charlie Dobb: 86
Abstentions: 75

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 86 first choices (which is less than 87): Charlie Dobb

Numbers of first choices after 9th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 116
Alex Harrison Brody: 111
Michael Mestitz: 104
Abstentions: 109

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 104 first choices (which is less than 111): Michael Mestitz

Numbers of first choices after 10th round of elimination:
Charlie Nicholson: 148
Alex Harrison Brody: 136
Abstentions: 156

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 136 first choices (which is less than 148): Alex Harrison Brody

Winner is Charlie Nicholson with 148 votes.

Class of 2012 Executive Board: Vice President  [top]

Candidates: Angela Rhoads, Dorothy Thomas, Lindsey Andon, Salina Sabri, Samantha "Sam" Thompson, Tanay Tatum
Valid write-ins: Christopher Wheeler, Claudette Gomez, Nathan Leach, Tim Mccormick, Zachary Prudoff
Total number of votes cast: 436
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Tanay Tatum: 93
Lindsey Andon: 87
Dorothy Thomas: 58
Salina Sabri: 55
Samantha “Sam” Thompson: 54
Angela Rhoads: 48
Christopher Wheeler: 2
Zachary Prudoff: 2
Nathan Leach: 1
Claudette Gomez: 0
Tim Mccormick: 0
Abstentions: 36

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 53 first choices (which is less than 54): Angela Rhoads, Christopher Wheeler, Zachary Prudoff, Nathan Leach, Claudette Gomez, Tim Mccormick

Numbers of first choices after 1st round of elimination:
Tanay Tatum: 102
Lindsey Andon: 93
Dorothy Thomas: 64
Salina Sabri: 62
Samantha “Sam” Thompson: 59
Abstentions: 56

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 59 first choices (which is less than 62): Samantha "Sam" Thompson

Numbers of first choices after 2nd round of elimination:
Tanay Tatum: 110
Lindsey Andon: 103
Dorothy Thomas: 73
Salina Sabri: 70
Abstentions: 80

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 70 first choices (which is less than 73): Salina Sabri

Numbers of first choices after 3rd round of elimination:
Tanay Tatum: 127
Lindsey Andon: 116
Dorothy Thomas: 86
Abstentions: 107

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 86 first choices (which is less than 116): Dorothy Thomas

Numbers of first choices after 4th round of elimination:
Tanay Tatum: 146
Lindsey Andon: 136
Abstentions: 154

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 136 first choices (which is less than 146): Lindsey Andon

Winner is Tanay Tatum with 146 votes.

Class of 2012 Executive Board: Secretary  [top]

Candidates: Pamela "Pam" Vogel
Valid write-ins: Alex Danser, Assefash Makonnen, Christopher Wheeler, Iryna Shakhmantsir, Kat Mehocic, Kathleen Mehocic, Matthew Rosenthal, Micaela Bazo, Sal Costanzo, Tim Mccormick
Total number of votes cast: 435
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 2

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Pamela “Pam” Vogel: 348
“No candidate”: 31
Christopher Wheeler: 2
Alex Danser: 1
Iryna Shakhmantsir: 1
Kat Mehocic: 1
Kathleen Mehocic: 1
Matthew Rosenthal: 1
Micaela Bazo: 1
Sal Costanzo: 1
Assefash Makonnen: 0
Tim Mccormick: 0
Abstentions: 47

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 40 first choices (which is less than 348): "No candidate", Christopher Wheeler, Alex Danser, Iryna Shakhmantsir, Kat Mehocic, Kathleen Mehocic, Matthew Rosenthal, Micaela Bazo, Sal Costanzo, Assefash Makonnen, Tim Mccormick

Winner is Pamela "Pam" Vogel with 348 votes.

Class of 2012 Executive Board: Treasurer  [top]

Candidates: Alexander "Alex" Cheung, Caner Malkarali, Joe Schiavo, Zheyang "Michael" Xie
Valid write-ins: Christopher Wheeler
Total number of votes cast: 434
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Caner Malkarali: 141
Joe Schiavo: 128
Zheyang “Michael” Xie: 85
Alexander “Alex” Cheung: 27
Christopher Wheeler: 2
Abstentions: 51

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 114 first choices (which is less than 128): Zheyang "Michael" Xie, Alexander "Alex" Cheung, Christopher Wheeler

Numbers of first choices after 1st round of elimination:
Joe Schiavo: 173
Caner Malkarali: 168
Abstentions: 93

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 168 first choices (which is less than 173): Caner Malkarali

Winner is Joe Schiavo with 173 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives  [top]

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Cushing  [top]

Candidates: Julia "Julie" Anne Meade, Mrinmayee "Mrin" Patil
Valid write-ins: Chris Martel
Total number of votes cast: 61
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Mrinmayee “Mrin” Patil: 49
Julia “Julie” Anne Meade: 9
Chris Martel: 1
Abstentions: 2

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 10 first choices (which is less than 49): Julia "Julie" Anne Meade, Chris Martel

Winner is Mrinmayee "Mrin" Patil with 49 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Jewett  [top]

Candidates: Daryl Antonio Duran, Emily Sweeney, Hannah Tatar
Valid write-ins: none
Total number of votes cast: 72
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Daryl Antonio Duran: 27
Emily Sweeney: 23
Hannah Tatar: 19
Abstentions: 3

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 19 first choices (which is less than 23): Hannah Tatar

Numbers of first choices after 1st round of elimination:
Daryl Antonio Duran: 37
Emily Sweeney: 26
Abstentions: 9

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 26 first choices (which is less than 37): Emily Sweeney

Winner is Daryl Antonio Duran with 37 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Josselyn  [top]

Candidates: Jonathan Wood
Valid write-ins: Christopher Wheeler, Matthew Lepointe, Matthew Rosenthal, Sarah Wintner
Total number of votes cast: 65
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Jonathan Wood: 53
Sarah Wintner: 3
Christopher Wheeler: 2
“No candidate”: 1
Matthew Lepointe: 1
Matthew Rosenthal: 1
Abstentions: 4

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 8 first choices (which is less than 53): Sarah Wintner, Christopher Wheeler, "No candidate", Matthew Lepointe, Matthew Rosenthal

Winner is Jonathan Wood with 53 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Lathrop  [top]

Candidates: Brett Anker, Eric Weiner, Julia Nethero
Valid write-ins: Alejandro Montoya
Total number of votes cast: 38
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Eric Weiner: 16
Julia Nethero: 15
Brett Anker: 6
Alejandro Montoya: 1
Abstentions: 0

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 7 first choices (which is less than 15): Brett Anker, Alejandro Montoya

Numbers of first choices after 1st round of elimination:
Eric Weiner: 20
Julia Nethero: 16
Abstentions: 2

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 16 first choices (which is less than 20): Julia Nethero

Winner is Eric Weiner with 20 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Main  [top]

Candidates: Adam Steel, Allison "Alli" Tilden, Andrew Gaines, Andrew Schaer
Valid write-ins: none
Total number of votes cast: 73
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Andrew Gaines: 36
Adam Steel: 17
Andrew Schaer: 11
Allison “Alli” Tilden: 7
Abstentions: 2

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 35 first choices (which is less than 36): Adam Steel, Andrew Schaer, Allison "Alli" Tilden

Winner is Andrew Gaines with 36 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Noyes  [top]

Candidates: Hannah Grace Groch-Begley
Valid write-ins: Alex Danser, Keven Cabrera
Total number of votes cast: 46
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Hannah Grace Groch-Begley: 37
“No candidate”: 5
Alex Danser: 1
Keven Cabrera: 0
Abstentions: 3

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 6 first choices (which is less than 37): "No candidate", Alex Danser, Keven Cabrera

Winner is Hannah Grace Groch-Begley with 37 votes.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Raymond  [top]

Candidates: Esther Clowney, Zachary Lobel
Valid write-ins: Bobby Wagnerman
Total number of votes cast: 43
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 1

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Esther Clowney: 21
Zachary Lobel: 21
Bobby Wagnerman: 0
Abstentions: 1

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 0 first choices (which is less than 21): Bobby Wagnerman

Numbers of first choices after 1st round of elimination:
Esther Clowney: 21
Zachary Lobel: 21
Abstentions: 1

There is a tie between Esther Clowney and Zachary Lobel.

This result is being deferred. The VSA Council will resolve this tie using a question and answer period for each candidate.

Class of 2012 House Representatives: Strong  [top]

Candidates: Akari Anderson, Celine Teo Ying Zhen
Valid write-ins: Micaela Bazo
Total number of votes cast: 36
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Akari Anderson: 22
Celine Teo Ying Zhen: 10
Micaela Bazo: 1
Abstentions: 3

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 11 first choices (which is less than 22): Celine Teo Ying Zhen, Micaela Bazo

Winner is Akari Anderson with 22 votes.

Judicial Board  [top]

Class of 2012 Representatives (4)  [top]

Candidates: Greg Lichtenstein, Jenel "J" Moliere, Juliana "Julie" Halpert, Molly Tulipan, Rachel Schorr, Ruby Cramer, Stuart W. Akers Jr., Zachary McCarthy
Valid write-ins: Christopher Wheeler, Justin Rupert, Matthew Rosenthal, Yi Tan
Total number of votes cast: 431
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 0

This position has 4 seats. The single transferable vote (STV) system is being used.

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Freshman Representatives to Committees  [top]

Freshman Representatives to Committees: Master Planning Committee  [top]

No candidates filed for this position; it will therefore be filled by appointment. Email about the appointment process will be sent out in a few days.

Freshman Representatives to Committees: Admissions / Financial Aid Committee  [top]

Candidates: Michael "Mookie" Thottam, Shail Bajpai, Trang Minh Nguyen
Valid write-ins: Caroline Kessler, Christopher Wheeler, Joseph Kim
Total number of votes cast: 428
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 1

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Trang Minh Nguyen: 160
Michael “Mookie” Thottam: 91
Shail Bajpai: 64
Christopher Wheeler: 2
Caroline Kessler: 1
Joseph Kim: 1
Abstentions: 109

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 159 first choices (which is less than 160): Michael "Mookie" Thottam, Shail Bajpai, Christopher Wheeler, Caroline Kessler, Joseph Kim

Winner is Trang Minh Nguyen with 160 votes.

Freshman Representatives to Committees: College Life Committee  [top]

Candidates: Fabienne Trevere
Valid write-ins: Christopher Wheeler, Evan Waldron, John Macgregor, Julia Fields
Total number of votes cast: 428
Number of discarded (invalid) write-ins: 1

This position has one seat. The instant runoff voting (IRV) system is being used.

Numbers of first choices:
Fabienne Trevere: 330
“No candidate”: 19
Christopher Wheeler: 2
Julia Fields: 2
Evan Waldron: 1
John Macgregor: 0
Abstentions: 74

Eliminating the following candidate(s) with 24 first choices (which is less than 330): "No candidate", Christopher Wheeler, Julia Fields, Evan Waldron, John Macgregor

Winner is Fabienne Trevere with 330 votes.

Freshman Representatives to Committees: Residential Life Advisory Committee  [top]

No candidates filed for this position; it will therefore be filled by appointment. Email about the appointment process will be sent out in a few days.