Elections

Student Government elections take place once each academic year to elect the Student Body Presidents and Vice Presidents, as well as Senators representing their respective Colleges within FIU. The Election process takes place every year on both at MMC and BBC.

All officials elected serve for a one-year term. Voting takes place for two days online at voting.fiu.edu. If you have any questions regarding elections, you can contact the Elections Commissioner in the SGA offices at GC 230 or WUC 353.

To qualify to run in the elections, a student must fill out the appropriate forms with the Elections Commissioner.

Forms

Candidate Expense Form

Elections Board

Anna Meredith
Elections Commissioner
elections@fiu.edu

Melanie Montes
Deputy Elections Commissioner

Kelvin Boscome
Elections Board Member

Elections timeline

Party Applications: November 14, 2022- January 17, 2023
Apply here: go.fiu.edu/SGAPoliticalPartyForm

Elections Applications: January 20, 2023- February 2, 2023
Apply here: voting.fiu.edu

Elections Info Sessions:
November 8, 2022
November 28, 2022 (https://go.fiu.edu/ElectionsInfo)

Campaigning: February 10, 2023- March 8, 2023

President/VP Debate: February 16th
Time: 5pm-6pm / Location: GC 243

Elections: March 7, 2023- March 8, 2023
voting.fiu.edu

Elections Announcements: March 10, 2023
Time: 12pm / Location: GC Pit

Candidate qualifications

  • Qualifications for senate positions
    • Each Student Government Association Senator shall be registered to the specific school, college, class level, housing units that they represent
    • Each undergraduate student Senator shall maintain a minimum of nine (9) undergraduate credit hours; In the last Fall and Spring semester before graduation they shall be exempt from this requirement but must maintain a minimum of three(3) credit hours per semester
    • Each graduate student Senator shall maintain no less than a 3.0 cumulative graduate grade point average and a minimum of a 2.5 term grade point average. Be registered for a minimum number of credit hours so as to be considered full time for both the Fall and Spring terms as defined by FIU. In the last Fall and Spring Semester before graduation they shall be exempt from this requirement but must maintain a minimum of three (3) credit hours
    • Each Law Senator shall be under no academic or disciplinary sanctions as determined by the College of Law and the University. Maintain, during Fall and Spring semesters, a minimum number of courses so as to be considered full-time students by the College of Law. In the semester of graduation Law School Students shall be exempt from this requirement but must be taking at least one course
    • Each Medical Senator shall be under no academic or disciplinary sanctions as determined by the College of Medicine and the University. Maintain, a minimum number of courses so as to be considered full-time students by the College of Medicine. In the semester of graduation Medical School Students shall be exempt from this requirement but must be taking at least one course
    • Lower Division Senators must have passed less than 60 credits at the time of election qualification or appointment.
    • Upper Division Senators must have passed more than 60 credits at the time of election qualification or appointment.

    ***Candidates seeking to hold office for the Governor, Lower Division- BBC Senator & Upper Division Senator must be taking at least 20% of their classes at BBC.

  • Qualifications for all Student Government officials
    • Be a degree seeking; registered non-staff student
    • Run for and hold only one office at a time.
    • Be under no academic or disciplinary sanctions as detailed in the Student Code of Conductor individual University College.
    • Maintain no less than a 2.5 cumulative undergraduate grade point average and a 2.0 term grade point average where applicable.
    • Each graduate student holding office shall maintain no less than a 3.0 cumulative graduate grade point average and a minimum of a 2.5 term grade point average. Be registered as full-time students for both the Fall and Spring semester as defined by FIU. In the semester of graduation, they shall be exempt from full-time enrollment requirements but must maintain a minimum of (3) credit hours.

Register as a candidate

Political Party Registration: November 14, 2023- January 17, 2023 at 11:59pm (go.fiu.edu/SGAPoliticalPartyForm)

Application: Open on January 20, 2023 - February 2, 2023 11:59pm (voting.fiu.edu)

2023-2024 SGA Elections Results

Results PDF
CASE Run-Off Election Results

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President & Vice President Candidates
Alex Sutton & Santana Way

Governor Candidates
Grace King Mccullough

Business Senator Candidates
Anne Martinez
Brian Velez
David Almansa
Jose Mejia
Lauren Alvarez

College of Arts, Science, and Education (CASE) Senator Candidates
Alexandra Barriga
Anastasia Romayrie Legoute
Chanita Jacques
Daniel Del Riesgo
Daniel Salup-Cid
Gabriela Mendez-Ruiz
Genesis Moreno
Lerick Sequeira
Manuela Trejos
Olivia Gibson
Tiara Campbell

Communication, Architecture & the Arts (CARTA) Senator Candidates
Lindsey Burgos
Rafael Moya-Palacios

Engineering & Computing Senator Candidates
Erika Noel
Karina Hernandez
Liana Louise Adaza
Samuel Vogel

Graduate Senator Candidates
Ahmed Soliman
Haley Dawson
Hossam Hussein
Kanayo Nomeh
Mohammad Sarwar Jahan Minar 

Honors Senator Candidates
Anish Sharma

Hospitality Senator Candidate
Javier La Rosa

Housing-MMC Senator Candidates
Alexander Stone
Ness Cruz
Rhea Watkins

Housing-BBC Candidates
Jabari Baptiste

School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA) Senator Candidates
Kaily Lachapelle
Mikele Mancuso
Zahir Mansuri

Lower Division- MMC Senator Candidates
Yamila Hernandez

Lower Division- BBC Senator Candidates
Dale Brochinsky

Nursing & Health Sciences Senator Candidates
Alyssa Andreus

Public Health & Social Work Senator Candidates
Valeria Yamhure Herrera

Upper Division-MMC Senator Candidates
Keren Keys
Raquel Fleites

Upper Division- BBC Senator Candidates
Imani Doss
Jacqueline Canut

Online Senator Candidates
Elizabet Ferreira