Fewer than one out of every 10 students voted in this week's ASUA general election.

Voter turnout was more than 2.5 times higher than in last week's primary election, but only 2,995 students - or 8.38 percent of the student body - voted in this week's election.

The figure is a 15 percent increase from last year, when 2,600 students voted in the Associated Students of the University of Arizona general election.

The number is significantly lower than at other Pacific-10 Conference universities, where voter turnout tends to hover closer to the 20 percent range. But at Arizona State University, only about 7 percent of students voted in this year's ASUA elections two weeks ago.

ASUA Elections Commissioner Joe Rogers said he was expecting more students to vote in the general election.

At the ASUA voting terminals behind the Student Union Memorial Center, Assistant Elections Commissioner Talianna Kattan said she estimated 175 to 200 people voted on Wednesday and fewer than 50 voted there yesterday.

She said ASUA originally wanted to set the terminals up on the Mall, but because of student union construction, there was no nearby Ethernet connection.

"We hope next year, after the construction is done, we'll be able to set up there," she said. "There is just more traffic in that area."

ASUA President Ray Quintero said voter turnout is higher than last year, but he said he has no idea why it so still so low.

Last year, when turnout increased 28 percent from the year before, was the first time ASUA used a uniformed online voting system.

This year, they had expected the number to jump even higher because the online student link system had been perfected.

ASUA Sen. Jennifer Reece, who won her bid for executive vice president last night, said she thought the visibility of candidates in this year's election may have boosted turnout numbers.