Voting for spirit days, and Homecoming Court, (maybe even more topics in the future) has now drifted to an online ballot. Leadership made the choice to start collecting votes with 21st Century technology.

Online voting has become pursued more active this year to promote the school’s technological advances, provide more voting opportunities that are truly voluntary and to reduce the probability of taking over class time.

“It is much easier to count votes because of the immediate results. Also, we can ensure that students get only one vote as their student number is recorded by Google, and they’re not allowed to submit another electronic vote,” Leadership Advisor Alisa Arcos said.

However, a small quirk developed. Not as many students participated in the electronic voting.

“Approximately 1/3 of the student body has participated in the online voting. In years’ past, I would estimate that about 2/3 of the student body participated in the paper ballots,” Arcos said.

Even though voting has reduced in numbers, everyone is still encouraged and empowered to vote about the topics that matter to them.

“I think this system has a way to go to become something that Vikings buy into,” Arcos said. “Technology doesn’t always make everything better, though it often makes things easier and more accurate.”