NIU students are beginning the first day of voting in the Student Association Senate elections today and tomorrow to elect the 48 senators for on- and off-campus positions.

Of the 65 senate hopefuls, 24 candidates are running to represent on-campus students and 41 to represent off-campus students.

Students living in District No. 1 (on-campus) are allowed to vote for 16 of the 24 candidates. Students living in District no. 2 (off-campus) can choose 32 of the 41 candidates.

Polling places are located in Founders Memorial Library, the Holmes Student Center, Cole Hall and DuSable Hall, and are open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. both today and Thursday.

Students must bring their fall schedules and NIU student IDs to the polling places to be able to vote.

Election results will be displayed at midnight Thursday on the east side of HSC.