“I want to help everybody, and mainly the students is my focus,” said Associated Student Government presidential candidate Toni Sandoval.

The Associated Student Government elections have begun once again, and candidates will now have to campaign around the campus asking for support as they look to fill the leadership positions of ASG.

All positions from president to senator are available to any student on campus with a 2.0 GPA and at minimum six academic units.

Outside of the ASG Presidential race every other candidate is running unopposed.

Running for President Pro – Tempore is Koua Xiong, Gardenia Lopez and Matthew Scott are running for the two senators positions. Brianna Herrera is running for Executive Vice President.

The candidate list is highlighted at the top this 2015-2016 election season with Toni Sandoval and Maize Lee running for president.

“I’m running because I really like ASG and when I first came to FCC I didn’t know about all the cool things on campus,” said Lee

The issues and topics each candidate will be running on will largely be based on school safety and how they would each make the ASG more visible to students.

“Campus Safety at night time is a big priority,” Said Sandoval. “Asking a couple of students around campus and this is something they worry about, I’d like to work with Campus Police Department and Administration.

One issue that is a major problem on campus is parking. With less space and increasing fees, students would still like a reasonable resolution to the problem.

The candidates will attempt to convince their fellow students to vote, as an average of 600 people vote in these yearly elections.Very low for a campus that has around 21,000 students.

In 2013 it reached an all-time low with only a total of 189 votes casted. With a student, that means 0.9 percent of the student body voted.

This year they hope the turnout will be higher.

“I think communication in general on campus is hard because administration has a problem with doing that with students too.” said Sandoval “But I think being visible about it with signs on campus, I’d get in touch with the public information officer Cris Monahan-Bremer and I’d work a deal out with her and advertise ASG on campus.”

Sandoval and Lee will have until April 28th to campaign from ASG President. Votes will be held on online. All students will receive a link to the votes through their student email.

The winner will hold the presidency for a full year and work with Administrators and campus leaders to make FCC a better place for students to learn and grow.

“I think being part of ASG and being the president and advocate for the students who don’t know about the programs on campus that help them,” said Lee

A group on campus who is sure to make their voices heard during the campaign process is the Veterans that attend FCC. One of their own Marine and ASG Trustee Candidate Cody Sedano.

“Before I didn’t really care for ASG, until I learned we could be representatives in ASG,” said Sedano. “Then I thought why just represent the veterans on campus why not represent the whole student body.”