As the spring semester begins, so do elections for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada senate. ASUN is the student government for the undergraduate students at UNR, and creates and passes legislation based on the opinions and values of the undergraduate class.

OPEN POSITIONS

The ASUN Senate is made up of representatives from the colleges at UNR. The number of representatives in Senate is based on the number of people in each school. The number of representatives per school are:

CABNR: 2 SEATS

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: 3 SEATS

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: 1 SEAT

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: 3 SEATS

DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCE: 3 SEATS

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM: 1 SEAT

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS: 4 SEATS

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE: 3 SEATS

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS: 2 SEATS

Other elected officials are the president and vice president of ASUN. Each person running for office must abide by the rules of ASUN elections, which can be found at nevadaasun.com/elections.

IMPORTANT DATES

The elections process starts as early as late January and ends in the middle of March. Here are dates that each person looking to run needs to consider:

Filing to run for a seat opens on Monday, Jan. 29, and ends Friday, Feb. 2.

There is a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. for everyone who has filed to run for elections. Campaigning officially begins the next day, Feb. 7.

A $50 campaign deposit is due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16.

Senator debates begin on Monday, Feb. 26 and end on Tuesday, March 6.

The primary voting begins on Wednesday, March 7 and ends on March 8. The candidates that can continue on campaigning will be announced on March 8 at 8 p.m.

Voting for the final election opens on Wednesday, March 14 and ends March 15 at 5 p.m. The winners will be announced at 8 p.m.

All of this information and more can be found online at nevadaasun.com/elections.

Madeline Purdue can be reached at mpurdue@sagebrush.unr.edu and on Twitter @madelinepurdue.