It's election time around mathSOC! Once again the executive positions in the Math Society are up for grabs, so that's always interesting to follow. I didn't run for anything, for a variety of reasons including but not limited to: Time issues with school and mathNEWS, an inexperience some of the more in depth arcana of the policies and bylaws, and a general belief that the currently running exec hopefuls are definitely very qualified for the job. However, that hasn't stopped me from having some fun with the election anyway!

Partially for my own amusement and partially to legitimately remind mathies (who are notoriously apathetic about paying attention to this sort of thing) to vote, I've created a batch of posters sternly reminding people to vote. Part of it comes down to the fact that I'm using silly images of myself and partially due to the fact my name popped up in mathNEWS the odd time this term enough that it might catch people's eye, I'm hoping at the very least to get a couple of people paying attention long enough to vote. In the end, the fact I'm not limited by any of the rules the candidates are under ( things like not being allowed to campaign once the polls open ) will let my reminder posters stay up when everyone's able to vote.

Will I have any effect? No idea in the slightest. I just thought it'd be fun to put up a bunch of posters with me on them during the election without actually running. Maybe some of it was messing with people, but I like to think that my attention seeking is also a handy reminder and only a little silly. Worst case scenario is nobody noticing anyway. Plus I got to put up a bunch of "Jeff Bain wants you to vote!" posters, and that amused me.