Moorpark College’s Associated Students are all set to hold their annual elections to elect the new board of directors.

There are more candidates this year, 23 for 10 positions, from last year, which saw 18, said Sharon Miller, director of student activites. Miller hopes for a larger turnout than previous years.

“Last year was also the year we switched to electronic voting [through the student portal] and voter turnout went from 329 students voting in spring 2014 to 1,990 voting in spring 2015,” Miller said. “With this many candidates we hope for another large voter turnout.”

Voting takes place on April 19 and 20 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., both online and on campus. There will be voting booths being set up in the Campus Center on those two days.

The candidates are:

President:

Javier Berjon de la Parra

Teresita Rios

Lawrence Kelley

Vice President

William R. Sloane

Vanessa Gerardo

Director of Academic Affairs

Jacob Ortiz

Sydney Pugh

Director of Budget and Finance

Kouame Konan

Henry “Jack” Heeber

Director of Campus Events

Joel Colon

Cristian Zapata

Thomas Moran

Donna Lavaie

Director of Constitution and Rules

Joshua E. Saffa

Director of External Affairs

Azad Azani

Director of Public Relations

Wassit Alqraini

Alexis Smith

Chelsea Salac

Director of Student Organizations

Jason W. Kelly

Mersedeh Kolyaei

Director of Student Services

Kurtis Condra

Joe Rizzi