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EHK VOL. LXIV N O . 5 1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 March 4, 1974 Electic BV LISA (;AiU)NIl The cost for poll-watching for this year's Student Government Association (SGA) elections is expected to be more than double the total cost of last year's elec tionS. Last year's elections cost $1,004.60 according to Walter Sanders, SGA treasurer. That figure includes the Aost of Ow$'* IND in Costs ;,iblicity, ballot -counting, poll -- atching and ballot-printing. Poll-watching alone for this year :s expected to cost about $2,240, more than twice the $1,004.60 SGA , aid for last year's election. Thad llinnant, co-chairman of hE Elections Commission, said he imates that over this week's 'Lree-day voting period, poll wat i,..rs will spend more than 100 toan hours at each poll. There are The gasoline shortage has 1 proBTems: It forces motoi for the mundane fluid; it has< altercations; and it has ha( making people late for schedi dlay, when academics have be such burning issues as tick< mandlatory fees and SGA eleci see( someone siphoning gasol won't be late for class. Gani yy K4.. To DoI I polling places this year, six more than last year, so an ostimated 1,400 man-hours will be spent at the polls. At $1.60 an hour, poll1-watching will cost $2,240. ()the expenses for this year's ('le'ction include $1,210 in election publicity advertisements published in The Gamecock. These advertisements, mostly half-page ,.(vertisements, have publicized !iling dates for candidates, a eferendum, and the location of "ause figt an oterrlae l amznp roet fr SV. e t eenk tcausf nta grea manye b1e Thi 'olling places. IPrinting the ballots will cost SGA 299.12. according to Thomas loody. print manager of the 'niversity Union print shop. lublicity posters won't be --osting SGA anything. The print shop didn't get them printed by the contract deadline, so the shop is AIbsorbing the cost, Moody said. He added that he hasn't estimated how nuch that contract would have A, i :.n .'.. N&A '1 s Year cost. The cost of the election is par ticially defrayed by the $1 fee candidates are required to pay when they file. One hundred and twenty-five candidates filed to run for major offices and senate seats. That comes to $125. The rest of the money to pay for the elections will come from an elections fund of S1.5o0 and from the SGA con Iiiigency fund. SGA Treasurer Nanders said. Voter Enrollment Scheduled BY MAR1 MESENG Students registering students to vote in the "real" elections will be in the Russell House 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Robert Clarkson, temporary, chairman of the student senate Office of Student Voters, is afraid students will confuse this registration for that of the SGA, and defines "real" as city, state,local and national elections. "If you are registered to vote, you're registered for all elections in the next ten years," Clarkson said. "According to law you have to register 30 days before the elec tion. This is the last week to register if you want to vote in city elctions," said John Carlson a committee member. George McMaster, committee vice chairman, and Robert Clarkson have been appointed deputy registration clerks which means he can register anybody who is a resident of Richland County. "We have to refer back to the student directory to see if the student's or his parents' address is in Richland county. He'll also have to have a South Carolina driver's license as well as some other kind of legal identification," Carlson said. Students will be at tables in the lobby of the Russell House this week between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and will have available voter in formation handouts and absentee ballot applications. The handouts will explain the legal requirements and the mechanics of voting proceedure. "Registering takes about two minutes, it's incredibly fast. Students prove who they are and' sign the registration form," Carlson said. "I can register only legal residents of Richland County," Clarkson said, "This has to be where they intend to live. It is a very hard and narrow definition so w~e (do not expec(t a v'ery large turnout.