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Voting in the Associated Students 2012-2013 Executive Board general elections is under way, with results expected on Friday.

Students can vote online on the official PCC website, where a banner will link students to the voting page, and in the Quad today. Voting officially ends at 11:59 p.m. tonight.

The Courier will publish the results in its online edition as soon as they are available.

Candidate forums took place last week in the Galloway Plaza, where hopefuls stated what they would bring to AS and the campus, as well as why people should vote for them.

“I commit myself to [the constitution],” said Diego Lopez, candidate for chief justice.

Myra Whittington, candidate for vice president for student services wants to make tutoring services more convenient and make students aware of AS.

“I want to offer tutoring services in the library and increase visibility in AS,” said Whittington.

Hanna Israel, candidate for Student Trustee, wants to be a representative of students at large, and will walk into Board of Trustees meeting with the opinions of the AS, Inter Club Council, and all students.

Simon Fraser, candidate for AS Board president, is trying to make students more aware of AS.

 “I want students aware of their student government and engaged with us. I want enough students rallied behind us,” said Fraser.

Miranda Alvarado, candidate for vice president for academic affairs, wants to work for better communication between the deans and students.

Structure is the reason Anna Torres is running for vice president for internal affairs.

“I want to bring more structure to committees and clubs,” said Torres.

Andrew Bott, candidate for vice president for business affairs to make sure students receive the proper information.

“As a student activist, I really want to make sure that students are represented. Not all information is communicated with students,” said Bott.

            Student representation, making the right choice, and helping future pupils were some of the reasons students present at forum are voting in the elections.

Mike Abi-Farah, Biology is voting because he wants future students to have good representation. 

“Even though I’m transferring it’s still good to leave the future students with a good slate,” said Abi-Farah.

Student Esther Rubio is voting to see the right people selected. “I’m voting because I want to make sure the right people get picked and to make sure they reach out to the students in different buildings and not just the CC Building and the Quad,” said Rubio.

Daniel Perea, current Associated Student’s vice president for internal affairs, feels it is his duty to vote.

“It’s my duty not only as a representative of the Associated Student’s but as a student at PCC to decide who will be leading the student leadership,” said Perea.

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