The future Government of the Student Body senator for the College of Veterinary Medicine will be determined by a council of students after a three-way tie during general elections March 11-12.

The ISU student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association will choose among five candidates at its next meeting April 25.

The three-way tie occurred between write-in candidates Jennifer Dykstra, sophomore in veterinary medicine; Sean Mc-Williams, freshman in veterinary medicine; and David Carroll, sophomore in veterinary medicine. Each received one vote in the GSB election.

Merlin VanZee, president of the vet med association, said the College of Veterinary Medicine has selected its GSB senator this way in the past to increase election participation by students in the college.

Between 200 and 250 veterinary medicine students attend the monthly association meetings. All vet med students at the association’s April 25 meeting will have the opportunity to select the future GSB senator, said VanZee, junior in veterinary medicine.

“We feel like we get better participation that way,” he said. “Not many students participate in the general election.”

Van Zee said veterinary medicine students had a low voter turnout rate for GSB elections in the past because of their distance from campus, but election participation by veterinary medicine students has increased as a result of online voting.

Two other students may seek the GSB seats as well, VanZee said – Keith Koistinen, sophomore in veterinary medicine and John Shepherd, freshman in veterinary medicine.

Steve Skutnik, election commissioner for GSB and Daily columnist, said the seat will be determined by the College of Veterinary Medicine constituency council, which the association serves as, after the three-way tie in the general election.

“It seems like the only fair way of doing things,” said Skutnik, senior in physics.

He said the lack of participation in the recent election by veterinary medicine students may be due to the small population of the college.

Skutnik also mentioned there were no candidates actually running for the seat, which did not help turnout.

“There was a general lack of interest,” he said. “They didn’t have a race. There was nobody to vote for.”