The first day of qualifying and slating for Student Government brought a crowd of about 60 students to the Hub study room Friday.
Last year, nearly 80 students qualified on the first day of slating, according to Alligator archives.
Candidates must qualify to be able to run for a Student Senate seat.
Parties can interview, or slate, the candidates who want to run with their party.
Susan Webster, the spokeswoman for the Swamp Party, said 49 people qualified and slated on Friday.
“All in all, it’s been super successful,” she said. “We’re really excited to have a lot more people come out and slate Monday and Tuesday.”
Webster said when students sign up to slate, they must have their Gator 1 Cards and check their credits to see what seat they qualify for.
Alex Klayman, the spokesman for the Students Party, said they had about eight people qualify and interview with their party on Friday.
“That’s about the number we expected,” he said. “The first day is usually slow.”
Slating will continue in the HUB study room Monday from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Elections are Feb. 18 and 19.
[A version of this story ran on page 1 on 1/27/2014 under the headline "Slating starts for February Student Government elections"]
