As the campaigns for the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) enter their final day, all the presidential candidates say they would have preferred a more organized election.

"Overall, I think the elections commission did a poor job organizing events," Jay Chamberlin, a UPUA presidential candidate, said. "There are a lot of changes that can be made to this campaigning process."

Chamberlin and his opponents, Mike Hines and Jay Bundy, said more events should have been held, and ones that were held should have been planned earlier.

"The debate was last-minute, and we learned about it like three, four days beforehand," Chamberlin said.

In past elections for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), more debates and events have been held. USG president Nick Stathes said three debates and other "meet the candidates" events were held before his election in the spring.

Ashley Hill, head elections commissioner, said she thought one debate was enough.

"We only had two weeks," she said, adding that it was difficult to find a time that worked for all the candidates.

"I wish we had more time," she said. "I would have loved to plan more events."

Candidates had two weeks to campaign before today's UPUA election. Stathes said campaigning lasted three weeks during the spring's USG election.

Andrew Reeve, UPUA transition group chairman, said while more time would be "nice," he thought the two-week period was adequate.

"I think a lot of it comes down to the candidates themselves," he said, adding that candidates could have scheduled more events individually.

The elections commission also had trouble organizing tonight's elections party in Alumni Hall. Commissioners were not sure if the event was going to happen until mid-afternoon yesterday.

Hill said the Blue and White Society has helped to organize the rental of HUB Alumni Hall in the past, but the commissioners had to handle it themselves this year. However, Hill said she had not personally contacted the Blue and White Society. However, Emily Jessen, Blue and White Society president, said the UPUA elections commission had not contacted her.

The number of vacant positions on the UPUA ballot is also a concern for the elections commissioners, because 13 of the 29 elected positions have no candidates, and only three positions are contested.

Hill said she would have liked to have more candidates, but attributes the low participation rate to the organization's infancy. "We didn't expect it to be an overwhelming response," she said. Reeve said he thought the commissioners were "extremely competent" and he appreciated the work they had put in. However, he did say there were "areas we can improve upon."