After almost a month of searching, the Elections Governance Board for Undergraduate Student Governmenthas five new members.

The members are Courtney Howard, a junior in English; Linda Cox, a sophomore in political science; Amanda Perez, a sophomore in political science and philosophy; Susan Cervenka and Jason Evans. Attempts to reach Cervenka and Evans were unsuccessful.

These members join Devon Riffle, a freshman in sociology and criminology, who remained on the board after the resignations of former board members.

Many of the new members found out about the EGB board member positions by word of mouth.

“The two qualities that I’m looking for is integrity and dignity,” EGB director Ellen Crivella said.

Those two characteristics are needed to have an election that is fair to everyone, she said.

Crivella announced at the Chimes Junior Class Honorary meeting, of which she is a member, that EGB was looking for new members, she said.

Howard wanted to be more involved with USG and saw the opportunity.

“I wanted to make sure the election ran smoothly,” she said.

Crivella also mentioned to a few people in Ohio Staters Inc. that she needed help. Cox, a member of Staters, decided to become a member as well.

“I decided to join EGB to find out more about a different aspect of the university and to help Ellen out,” Cox said.

The new EGB members have had two meetings this quarter. Although they were not present at the Jan. 23 meeting, the USG Senate swore in all members at that time.

“We want to try to make the election as fair as we can,” Riffle said.

Being one of the original members, Riffle filled out an application to be on EGB, he said. Riffle then received an e-mail from former EGB director Kris “Krispy” Pierce that said his application was accepted.

Crivella said she was asked to be on the board and never filled out an application.

USG gave Crivella the title of interim director of USG while searching for a new EGB director. After no potential candidates were found, Crivella decided to become the full-time director.

EGB regulates the spring quarter election and makes sure candidates abide by election rules.