Updated Apr. 23, 4:30 a.m.
When outgoing Undergraduate Assembly chairman and College and Wharton senior Wilson Tong addressed the group assembled for the UA's internal elections last night, he called UA chairman a job that "seemingly never ends."
It was fitting, then, that voting lasted well into the night as the 2009-2010 UA members deliberated between College junior and former executive vice chairman Zac Byer and College sophomore and Sustainability and Facilities Committee chairman Alec Webley.
After six hours of questions and answers and deliberations, Webley was voted the 2009-2010 UA chairman by a vote of 16 to 8.
Although this year was Webley's first as a voting member of the UA, he served as a volunteer UA member his freshman year.
In his candidate's speech, Webley said his main goals include expanding the tangible services provided by the UA, as well as fostering an outreach campaign for body members to better connect with the student body.
"This will be the first student government that every student everywhere will care about," he said. "We can change student government."
Byer was not nominated for any other executive board positions and therefore could not drop down to run for another at press time.
This year's elections, which include a series of contested races, saw one of the higher turnouts for a UA transition meeting.
College junior Lucia Liu was elected executive vice chairwoman in a race against Nursing and Wharton sophomore G.J. Melendez-Torres.
Elections for the remaining positions - which include vice chairman of external affairs, secretary and treasurer - have been postponed. They are expected to be on Sunday.
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