Voting on the Downtown student government universal constitution and election code will be extended because of technical issues that crashed MyASU early Tuesday afternoon.
The polls will be reopened Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. to make up for the little more than four hours of technical problems MyASU experienced Tuesday between 12:10 p.m. and 4:44 p.m.
Polls were originally open from midnight Tuesday through 4 p.m. 297 students voted during this time, according to a press release from student government.
While the current results are not being released, President Joseph Grossman said the votes are so far “favorable” in support of the constitution.
Those students who have already voted will not have to re-vote; Thursday is a re-opening of the polls, not a re-vote, said Director of Public Relations Danielle Chavez.
Students voiced concerns on Monday and Tuesday to senators and across social media about not having enough time to review the documents before voting. Grossman said he hopes students will review the documents now with an extra day before voting, so those students who haven’t already voted will be able to make informed decisions.
“I hope that they read the documents and if they have any negative responses, or good responses, to call me … or their senators,” Grossman said, who also said he hopes the voting doesn’t negatively effect how much time students have to study for exams.
The decision to extend voting was made after an hour and a half Executive Board meeting Tuesday night. The board decided students losing access to ASU emails for four hours during voting could hinder the process significantly.
This isn’t the first time Downtown voting has been delayed by technical failures.
During voting for the Downtown president and senators last spring there were problems with the online ballots for some students. Students reported not having a space for write-in candidates (of which there were two) or not being able to vote for their college’s senatorial candidate.
Chavez and Grossman said the Downtown student government wasn’t made aware of any problems with the ballot itself, only MyASU.
Contact the reporter at connor.radnovich@asu.edu
