Six students expressed interest in running in the Student Union Executive Board elections April 18 by attending the elections informational meeting at the Sargent Activities Center Wednesday night.

Although the Union website said Wednesday night’s meeting was mandatory for all interested candidates, elections committee chairman Dave Sideman said he would allow interested students to apply, provided they contact him this week.

“I was hoping that there would be more people here, but I’m not surprised,” the College of Arts senior said. “It’s been a little tough getting the word around to different colleges. I hope that more people contact me later in the week about running.”

Sideman said he hopes there will be increased student involvement with the election this year, especially in comparison to last year.

“I think it’s comparable to last year’s election,” he said, “although I hope we have more people campaigning. Two of the positions last year were uncontested.”

School of Education sophomore Brooke Feldman, currently the Union representative from SED, said she will run for president in the upcoming Union election.

“I’m running for president because I think I can do a lot for the university,” she said. “I love the university, and I want to give back to BU.”

Feldman said she would like to see increased voter turn out in this year’s election.

“Hopefully, there will be a greater voter turnout this year,” she said. “We’re the Student Union representing the student body, so we should hear the opinions of all the students, not just some.”

Feldman said, although not present at the meeting, Student Union representative and College of General Studies sophomore Mark DiCristofaro, who was runner up for vice president in last year’s election, intends to run for vice president in this year’s election.

At the meeting, Sideman read the campaigning and election rules to those in attendance, explaining certain significant areas.

Candidates must submit a signed election application form and have 150 signatures from Boston University undergraduates.

“You need to have 150 signatures,” he said. “We’re not going to check all of them, but if something looks suspicious, we will check to make sure it is legitimate.”

Also, Sideman highlighted the rule stating that all candidates “must be in good academic, financial and disciplinary standing with Boston University as required by the Student Activities Office.”

Sideman briefly discussed the rules regarding campaigning. Specifically, students cannot start campaigning until March 27. However, students can discuss their intention to run through word of mouth.

Sideman said any case with someone in violation of the rules for the election would be investigated on a case-by-case basis.

“If we find that you posted an advertisement in the wrong place, we’ll probably fine you,” he said. “If you’re doing something like intimidating voters, we’d have to look further into that to decide a consequence.”

Student Elections Committee members Elena Quattrone, a Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences sophomore, and Danna Rubin, a CGS sophomore, outlined the important events regarding the elections. Specifically, the application deadline for running is March 27, and there will be an upcoming debate between candidates.

“We’re holding a debate scheduled for April 10 from 7-11 in the Jacob Sleeper Auditorium,” Quattrone said, “and there is the possibility of another debate sponsored by BUTV.”