Skyline College has elected its new student government for the 2012-2013 academic school year after another low turnout rate of student voters.The winners of the ASSC election were Jose Luis Sanchez (President), Katelyn Smathers (Vice President), Alex Shkurko (Commissioner of Finance), Kayla Louise (Commissioner of Activities), Jackeline Monrroy (Commissioner of Publicity), Ryan Sherlock (Commissioner of Public Records) and Senators Morgan Davis, Patiane Gladstone, Cristina Hugo, Richard Lopez, J. Julian Rocha-Silva and Gabriela Solis.

Between April 30 and May 2, students were given the opportu– nity to vote online with a link sent to their student email addresses. Despite the low turnout rate of student voters, current ASSC President Heidi Hansen felt the candidates engaged immensely during campaigning.

“All of the candidates worked re- ally hard,” Hansen said, “and there’s a lot of passion. I hink that’s a great energy ward with.”

With a Skyline student population of 10,032, only 392 students voted in this year’s election, which determined which candidates will represent the campus in the upcoming school year. This marks the sec- ond year in a row that the voter turnout rate was less than 5 percent. The positions filled from the ASSC election were the student government president and vice president; commissioners of finance, activi– ties, publicity and public records; and eight senators. There are seven more senator positions that need to be filled, as the senators make up 15 representatives of the student government.

Katelyn Smathers, the incom– ing ASSC vice president, felt the campaigning went well, but she was disappointed by the low voter turnout rate.

“I think it went really well,” Smathers said. “Everyone was really creative, and it was awesome to see how people decided to campaign. The low turnout rate is always disappointing, but we can’t force people to be involved.”

Meanwhile, other Skyline students felt bothered as well by the low voter turnout rate dur– ing the three-day voting period. Alexa Zermeno, a sophomore at Skyline, felt it was wrong that such a low percentage of students determined the makeup of the student government.

“It bothers me because kids should be more involved,” Zer– meno said. “This is their school and they should want something better for themselves.”

The ASSC will also revise its constitution for the upcoming school year, based on 52-percent voter approval.