Maddy QuonOn Tuesday, students will vote in homecoming elections, comprised of homecoming court and Mr. and Miss Ole Miss. This year is different. For the first time, students will also elect a homecoming king.
The Associated Student Body voted to add a homecoming king to the homecoming ballot, but decided last year to delay the introduction of homecoming king elections until 2019. ASB Attorney General Austin Fiala released a statement in 2018, writing that the Office of the Attorney General agrees with the ASB Senate Standing Committee on the delay.
“We believe that a Homecoming King election this fall would create an unequal playing field as members of the student body, and hopeful candidates alike, would be required to operate on a shortened timeline,” Fiala’s statement said.
The announcement for the delay of introducing homecoming king elections came just a few days after 2017-2018 ASB President Dion Kevin III vetoed the bill to instate a Homecoming King election.
“By holding the inaugural election of a Homecoming King in the fall of 2019, all eligible students will have an equal amount of time to consider running, to prepare a campaign team, and to garner a support network for their candidacy in the time leading up to campaign season,” the statement read.
The candidates for homecoming king are seniors Carl Tart and Park Shull.
