Students have the opportunity to select leaders that will represent them on campus issues in today's University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) elections.

Students can vote from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. by going to vote.psu.edu. They will be able to vote for a representative from their college, six at-large representatives out of a field of nine and a presidential/vice presidential ticket, of which there are six. Students will also be able to vote for either three on-campus representatives or six off-campus representatives, depending on where they live.

Head election commissioner Frank Criscione said there will be three public polling places set up today in Waring Commons, Findlay Commons and the HUB-Robeson Center.

Only the ballots for the Colleges of Communications, Earth and Mineral Sciences and Arts and Architecture will have no candidates. The only contested college representative races are those for the College of Information Sciences and Technology and the Smeal College of Business.

Criscione said the election commission is hoping for a voter turnout of about 10,000. He admitted they were "aiming a little high" but called it an "attainable goal,"

especially because of the "diverse social groups" the executive tickets come from.

In last fall's UPUA elections, 2,602 students voted.

All of the presidential tickets said they plan on campaigning throughout the day. The yellow-clad supporters of Gavin Keirans and running mate Mike Wallace have outnumbered the supporters of other candidates during most campaign events, and Wallace confirmed they would be helping the campaign all day today.

"We definitely want to get our army out there all day," he said. "We just want to make a lot of noise."

Daniel Hadas' supporters began campaigning yesterday with a giant "Twister" game outside of the Willard building. Hadas said the campaigning would continue today, with "people in every major area and all the Commons."

Ricardo Torres said he would have a "team of students" supporting his campaign today as well. He said he and running mate Mike Anderson would also be reminding students to vote during meetings they attend throughout the day.

Peter Johnson said his campaign would be handing out fliers around campus all day, and another presidential candidate, John Gremminger, said his campaign would "be out in force," as long as the weather held up.

Presidential candidate Hillary Lewis said she would be "campaigning massively" today by having her friends out "preaching the word to vote."

Criscione said some of the candidates are "very close to their spending limit," but he said he expects them to all be careful enough not to be disqualified because of today's campaigning.

The spending limit for each ticket is $600.

During an event yesterday, Hadas said the elections are an opportunity to "show the administration that students actually care," saying this year's UPUA could not really claim to represent students since so few students voted in its elections.

Other candidates have agreed with his statements, saying a large voter turnout would give UPUA more credibility.

Current UPUA President Jay Chamberlin said their statements were only true to a certain extent, based on his experience. He said a "personal relationship" with administrators was more important than a high vote total.

He added that a "mandate" from students in the form of a high vote total would help, but about 20,000 students would have to vote in the elections to truly add to UPUA's credibility. Chamberlin said that was an unrealistic goal for this year's elections.

"That will come," he said.