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Dear Representatives,</div>
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I've attached a guide and FAQ about the SGA Election process for Election Day on October 16th. Please remember that if you are currently a COGS member and you want to stay in your current seat after November, you MUST follow this process!</div>
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The Candidacy Declaration Form is set to go live at 4pm on Friday, September 13th at:
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https://sga.fsu.edu/student-government/elections</a></div>
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Make sure that you fill out this form by September 27th at 4pm.</div>
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On October 18th, you must email <a href="mailto:SGAElect@admin.fsu.edu" id="OWAe4b48bcd-e09e-7a1c-58b1-d9503a60416c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="SGAElect@admin.fsu.edu" data-linkindex="1">
SGA Elections</a> (<a href="mailto:SGAElect@admin.fsu.edu" id="OWA4d6f987c-c5d4-ac6d-6429-bdfedf093ada" class="OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="2">SGAElect@admin.fsu.edu</a>) a signed campaign expense letter saying that you have/have not received any campaign donations,
and that you did/did not spend any money for your campaign. An example might look like:</div>
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<i>Dear SGA Elections,</i></div>
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<i> I am writing to declare that I have not received any campaign donations nor made any campaign expenditures for *your seat name/number* within the Congress of Graduate Students. Kindly advise if I should provide further documentation to support this
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<b>Laura Vaughn<br>
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Deputy Speaker of Communications </div>
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