Elections? There’s an app for that.

This week’s elections will be the first time the ULM app for smart phones will allow students to vote in elections. The ballot feature will appear on election day and then disappear until the next election.

Nathan Hall, assistant vice president of student life, said the idea behind the new feature is to get more people to participate in elections.

“We just wanted it to be as easy as possible for people to vote,” said Hall. “The more people you get to vote, the more likely it will be they become more involved on campus.”

Students must have the updated version of the app in order for the feature to appear. The last update was made about two months ago, so those with that version should be current.

Some students said the convenience of being able to vote on the go is reason enough for everyone to participate in the election.

“Everybody has their phone, so why not?” said Brittany Robinson, a freshman pre-nursing student from Winnsboro who plans to use the app to vote in her first elections as a Warhawk.

For some students, not even this feature is enough to make them vote.

“I’ll see who they are, but I probably won’t vote because I doubt I’ll know anyone,” said Deneshia Williams, a freshman toxicology major from Shreveport.

Homecoming and freshman senate elections are this Wednesday and Thursday. Traditional voting through the Internet will still be available.