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SGA Candidate Endorsement Form Available

The Candidate Endorsement Form is available for any student organization* or individual student** to endorse any candidate running for SGA elected office. 

Candidates may publicize endorsements after meeting BOTH of the following requirements
  • submitting a statement, identifying the candidate(s) endorsed AND the method used to determine who would be endorsed

    AND

  • receiving written acknowledgement from the Election Board Chair.  
    This written acknowledgement will include a statement indicating how the organization and candidate’s campaign may permissibly characterize the endorsement without violating the rule against false statements of fact. 
For example, if the organization’s endorsement was determined by a vote of all members, the Election Board Chair’s statement would say “Candidate X has been endorsed by the ABC Club.” If, on the other hand, the President and Vice President of an organization decided whom to endorse without the participation of any other ABC Club members, the Election Board Chair’s statement might say “Candidate X has been endorsed by the President and Vice President of The ABC Club.”

Both requirements must be met for a student organization or individual student to publicly endorse a student, both in-person and virtually (e.g. social media posts).

*Charter student organizations and the Resident Student Association (RSA) are not allowed to endorse a candidate as a whole. Individual members/officers are permitted to endorse candidates as they see fit.

** Endorsements only apply for an individual when they are utilizing their positionality (i.e. as president of a UMBC organization) to promote a campaign.


Questions? Email C. Lai at clai2@umbc.edu

Posted: March 14, 2022, 8:02 PM

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