Elections: 2008 Spring Student-Elected Trustee

These elections are overseen by the Trustee Nominating Committee.

Information for Candidates

• 2008 Spring Student Trustee Election Rules
• Student Trustee Elections Calendar (ical)

Information for Voters

Profiles have been removed since the term of office has expired.

Eligible voters will receive election materials by e-mail. Contact the Office of the Assemblies [assembly@cornell.edu] for more information.

Election Results

The Trustee Nominating Committee received challenges against three of four candidates. The committee found all challenges without merit and disqualified no candidates. After tabulation of the results, Mike Walsh was elected student trustee for 2008–2010.

The votes were tabulated by the Hare system, also known as instant run-off voting. In this system, voters cast ballots which rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate has a majority in the first round of balloting, all candidates who earned too few votes to win a majority are disqualified and ballots which list them as the first choice are redistributed to the next highest choice that has not been disqualified. See the election rules for more detail.

Candidate	Redistribution	Total Votes	Status
First Round of Balloting
Mike Walsh	803	803	continuing
Xianzheng (Shawn) Kong	793	793	continuing
Whitney Patross	318	318	defeated
Xiaoxiao Li	99	99	defeated
Second Round of Balloting
Mike Walsh	157	960	elected
Xianzheng (Shawn) Kong	83	876	defeated
Whitney Patross	−318	0	defeated in first ballot
Xiaoxiao Li	−99	0	defeated in first ballot

Copyright © 2005–2019, Cornell University.