By 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 17.6 percent of the student body — or slightly more than 2,600 students — had cast ballots in the Student Association elections, said Dan Hernandez, chair of the Board of Elections and Membership.  He added that at about the same time last year, 2,621 students had voted.

The Board of Elections and Membership will run polling stations in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall and the Life Sciences Complex on Wednesday afternoon, Hernandez said. At the polling stations, students can find information on the candidates and access laptops to cast their votes.

The SA ballot includes choices of presidential and vice presidential candidates and two referenda: whether the student activity fee should be frozen, and whether SA codes should be changed to redefine the roles of speaker, president and vice president.

Presidential candidate Duane Ford and his running mate Nia Boles want to ease the financial burden of tuition, make academic advising a work-study position and increase dialogue between different groups of students; Boris Gresely and his running mate Daniela Lopez have a three-part campaign of “reform, reconnect and redirect” to make SA more accountable to students; and Ivan Rosales and his running mate Simone Goldslager are running on a platform of improving academics, diversity and student engagement.

After a technical delay of roughly 20 minutes, online voting began Monday shortly after 12:00 a.m. Voting, available exclusively through MySlice, will continue throughout Thursday and end at midnight.