The bright shades of Undergraduate Student Government (USG) campaign t-shirts, hats, buttons, fliers and key chains will decorate classrooms starting after spring break.
But the USG Senate voted last night to allow nothing more into classrooms as senators passed a revised elections code.
Some senators said it was not the Senate's responsibility to restrict classroom campaigning to specific items.
"I don't think a good professor would allow their class to be disrupted," said Town Sen. Mike Yohannan after some senators mentioned that candidates could wear large sandwich-board signs if the amendment did not pass.
Town Sen. Sean Miller said that because the restriction extends to 10 feet outside of classrooms, he thought it could ultimately result in a lower voter turnout.
In other election-related voting, the Senate also increased the spending cap for executive ticket candidates to $700.
"If you want to reach all the [voters] you have to raise that reasonably," Yohannan said of the cap.
Town Sen. V.A. Lopes said candidates can be innovative, so increasing the spending cap would not necessarily give an advantage to candidates who do not have as much money.
She also said a higher spending cap would result in more campaigning and thus a greater voter turnout.
But Town Sen. Mike Gallo said the higher spending cap could alienate some candidates who cannot afford a more expensive campaign.
"For students who come here completely on loans and grants, that is a lot of money," Gallo said.
Town Sen. Ed Brown, a USG presidential candidate last year, said a lower spending cap would force candidates to talk to students and student groups to get their word out.
The Senate also voted to keep the campaign length at two and a half weeks rather than reduce it by one week.
Last night's lengthy debate was heavily tied up in logistics of objections and amendments. Near the end of the meeting, USG Vice President Kris Ankarlo recused himself as senate chair for the meeting because he said he compromised his position of neutrality after debating an objection.
