The results of the primaries for the student council elections are in. Using a voting system of picking two, Harriton students chose their favourite candidates in that number. The winners of the election will be moving onwards to a general assembly after Spring Break on April 14.

For the position of Sergeant-at-arms, Ben Barnett and Ricky Sayer will be moving to the next round, with 272 and 261 votes, garnering 25.4 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively.

Jake Diamond-Reivich and Catherine Liu will be moving onwards to the general election for Treasurer, with 421 and 283 votes, garnering 39.5% and 26.5%, respectively.

The general election for Secretary will consist of Noah Karpel and Nina Korman, with 418 and 426 votes, winning 40.9% and 41.6%, respectively.

For Vice-president, Coby Levit and Alexa Foust will be moving forwards, with 462 and 293 votes, garnering 45.5% and 28.9%, respectively.

There was no primary election for President, as the two persons who are running are Will Marks and Pranav Pillai. Compared to last year’s 4+ candidates for President, this is much less competitive.

The winner for best ice cream flavour was Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, winning with 486 votes, or 78.8%.

The total number of responses was 597, and since there are 1158 students at Harriton and 291 seniors the electorate consisted of 867 students, meaning that the turnout was approximately 68.9 percent, which is much lower than the estimated 80+ percent turnout from the general elections last year.

There were some concerns by candidates for Vice-president and President, as many of their videos were not shown due to time limitations in Advisory.

For the general assembly on April 14th, at this time, a question-and-answer session is not planned, since there are concerns about the utility of a debate when considering the platforms for a school election.

Interestingly, there were three seniors who illegally voted, as seniors are not part of the electorate. They had to be removed from the results, which preserved the integrity of the election.