An e-mail was sent out to all Syracuse University students by Josh McIntosh, senior associate director of Greek Life and Experiential Learning, on Monday, Nov. 7, to inform the campus community there are still no candidates for Student Association comptroller.

Louisa Chan, chair of the SA board of elections and membership, said she asked McIntosh to send out a campus-wide e-mail to ‘generate student interest.’

‘It would be ideal if we had a candidate by Friday,’ Chan said.

She said she extended the deadline for the comptroller position until Nov. 11 at noon. Extending the deadline any further would push back the comptroller debates from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, causing the presidential elections to be delayed 22 hours, Chan said.

‘That would cause a lot of problems,’ Chan said.

The absence of an SA comptroller would affect student organizations’ funding requests and most likely postpone the organizations from receiving immediate funding, she said.

A solution to this would be for an interim comptroller, most likely picked by the newly elected SA president, until a comptroller would be elected in the spring semester, Chan said.

Chan said there was a candidate last week, but the person withdrew a letter sent to Chan.

Currently there are two potential candidates, Chan said. She could not release their names, but if they choose to run, their names will be released after the deadline on Friday, she said.

Published on November 7, 2005 at 12:00 pm