For the 2025 Student Government Association Election, candidates can submit their Statement of Candidacy in-person or virtually via scanned image to the commission email. 

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The Candidate Registration Period is from:

March 18th at 8 am to March 25 at 5 pm

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Please note, in order to run for SGA President or VP you must attend the mandatory listening circle.

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Candidates may collect their petition signatures through virtual or in-person means. The physical forms can be found at the bottom of this page. Candidates must fill out a Statement of Candidacy AND​ Petition of Support, regardless if it is in-person or virtual.

 

To request a virtual Engage petition please email jec@gwu.edu with a copy of your completed statement of candidacy attached. We will respond within 24 hours with a link to your personal Engage petition. To see how many unverified virtual signatures you have please visit the virtual signature dashboard here.

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The Mandatory President and VP Listening Circle:

March 17 from 6-8 pm, in USC 309

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The Mandatory Candidate meetings are:

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March 27th @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT in the USC Presentation Space.

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March 30th @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT in the USC Presentation Space.

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The Campaign Period is March 31st @ 9 am EDT until April 11th at 9 pm EDT.

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The Election is April 10th @ 9 am EDT to April 11th at 9 pm EDT.

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We encourage all prospective candidates to read and review the JEC Charter and Bylaws as well as all JEC finalized rules.  As a reminder failure to read or understand a rule or regulation is not a valid defense in a JEC violation hearing. All prospective candidates are responsible for the actions of their agents and will be held liable for any violation they commit.

 

If a prospective candidate has a question about a rule they should the JEC at jec@gwu.edu.