Students voting in Wednesday and Thursday’s ASSU elections will be forced to decide which candidates are the most qualified for office.

But if history is any guide, the senators they choose may not even show up to all meetings.

Attendance records for the Ninth Undergraduate Senate were provided to The Daily by Undergraduate Senate Secretary Tim Ford ‘10, who had data from 13 of 17 meetings.

Senator Jonathan Kass ‘10 had the best record — he was the only senator to attend all of the 13 meetings for which Ford provided attendance records.

“We really have to keep on top of our issues, to be able to advocate successfully,” Kass said. “I’ve made it a priority, and automatically cancel plans for Tuesday night, because I know I have a commitment there, it’s non-negotiable.”

Senator Patrick Cordova ‘09 proposed a plan to fix the attendance problem next year, noting that committee chairs rather than individual senators provide updates on their work.

“Next year, as opposed to the committee chairs giving updates, we’d have individual senators asked, ‘What have you done for the Stanford community this week?’”

Of the other 13 senators, all but Kass had between one and three absences, except Re Phillips, chair of the Senate Appropriations and Rules Committee, who missed seven meetings.

Corinne Prudhomme ‘09 was absent from three of the 13 meetings, while Stuart Baimel ‘09, Waddie Crazyhorse ‘10 and Andy Lomeli ‘09 were each absent twice.

With one absence were Jose Benchimol ‘08, Patrick Cordova ‘09, Sarah Golabek-Goldman ‘10, Luukas Ilves ‘09, Vang Kou Khang ‘08, Eugene Nho ‘10, Esosa Ozigbo ‘10, Priyanka Sharma ‘09 and Tomas Vacek ‘10.

This year’s elections will take place on Wednesday Apr. 9 and Thursday April 10. Students can vote online at ballot.stanford.edu. Results will be announced on Friday Apr. 11 at 6 p.m. in Old Union.