SGA promotes election debate

The first student-led Georgia Gubernatorial Debate, a debate between three major party candidates in the Governor’s race, will be held on Oct. 7 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m at the Georgia Public Broadcasting Studios on 14th Street in Atlanta.

The debate has been organized by students involved in Student Government Associations from Georgia College, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Georgia Southern and Morehouse College.

The major party candidates that are confirmed for the debate are Democrat Roy Barnes, Republican Nathan Deal and Libertarian John Monds.

“This student-focused debate was proposed and organized by the Georgia Tech Student Government Association with a goal of expressing the importance of the student vote to the gubernatorial candidates and to the state,” said GCSU SGA Chief of Staff Alissa Torshia.

Debate topics will include the economy, higher education, transportation, taxes and energy policy, all of which are important to voters between the ages of 18 and 30. The debate is meant to focus on the issues that deal with student voters across the state of Georgia.

“This is an exciting event for Georgia College and other universities around the state, and it is our hope that the student voice of Georgia will be well represented,” Torshia said.

SGA President Zach Mullins will serve as GCSU’s panelist representative at the debate.

“I am both honored and humbled to have been asked to represent the students of Georgia College on the panel and look forward to posing relevant and important questions to the future state’s chief executive,” Mullins said. “The debate is important to me because the students of the state are being directly represented and are taking a large part in the selection of our next governor.”

GCSU has been allocated 60 tickets, and students are encouraged to get involved with this debate. If any student is interested in attending the debate, you can contact Alissa Torshia by email at alissatorchia@gmail.com.

For those students who are not able to attend the debate, SGA will be hosting a viewing party in Magnolia Ballroom on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. The debate will be broadcast live.

According to Torshia, any student can get involved in the debate without attending by submitting questions to the candidates by visiting the debates website at www.gastudentvote.com.

Questions will be chosen from the website and used during the debate.

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