It's time to hit the polls again.

ASUAF elections are Tuesday and Wednesday. And while all of the candidates are uncontested, there is one issue on this week's ASUAF ballot that affects all students: whether or not to raise the current ASUAF fee to $45.

The current fee is $35. The money from those fees goes to ASUAF, The Sun Star, KSUA and the Concert Board. The new fee could increase funding to these areas by $60,000.

"I think it will improve the quality of everything on campus ASUAF-wise," said vice presidential candidate Danielle Ryder.

She said the Concert Board could possibly hire a full-time person to work on getting the best acts to UAF.

"I think it's very sorely needed," said Henry Cole, the writer and sponsor of the original referendum in the senate.

Cole proposed the referendum earlier this semester in hopes of improving the media and entertainment areas, as well as to keep ASUAF afloat.

"I'm not saying that they're bad," he said, "but there's always room for improvement."

Jennifer Chambers, running for Senate seat G, said next year's budget is already tight. She said she will probably vote yes for the fee.

"I think in five or six years the fee increase will be necessary."

The referendum to place the question on the ballot passed the senate unanimously.

In addition to the fees, several uncontested candidates are running for election.

Jake Hamburg, the only presidential candidate, was the organizing director for ASUAF this year. He has been a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon since 2005 and this year participated in Model United Nations. He is also a member of the LGBT & Allies Club.

In the ASUAF Elections Pamphlet, Hamburg, a political science major, says, "Say Goodbye to the ASUAF Status Quo!" In it, he says that improving student organizations is the key to improving UAF. Other priorities he lists are maintaining affordability and working with the state Legislature to provide need-based scholarships.

Hamburg's running mate, Ryder, is a junior civil engineering major and an ASUAF senator this year. Ryder is a Leadership Program assistant, a member of numerous campus clubs and committees, and was a member of the Nanooks' volleyball team from 2004 to 2006.

Ryder said some major issues she would like to take up are to compile an elections manual and to continue working with Club Council. She thinks that her experiences with the Leadership Program and TVC classes will help in the position of vice president, which oversees Club Council and the TVC Roundtable. She hopes "to improve it from the experiences [she's] had."

The senate has 10 seats up this semester. Six senators are not up for reelection: Byron Thorne, Ryan Duffy, Ben Molnia, Nick Brewer, Brian Lyke, and Ryder, who is running for vice president and therefore will not likely be a senator in the fall.

Only two others are formally running, though others are known to be campaigning for write-in slots, which do not require the collection of student signatures.

Cole is running for senate seat E. Cole graduated with a bachelor's degree in history in 2006, but is continuing classes toward a second degree in geology and a master's in geophysics.

Key issues for Cole include improving student involvement and working more closely with the more than 100 clubs on campus.

"Those are the people who take an active role in campus activities," he said.

Chambers is running for senate seat G. The freshman biology major has been involved with the honors program, Residence Hall Association and Moore Hall's Residence Leadership Council.

Some areas Chambers wants to see improvements in include seeing more students at sporting events and to focusing ASUAF spending on key areas instead of spreading it out to many small areas that students may not see.

"I wish ASUAF had a little more direction," she said.

This year's elections will be held by paper ballot only, a change from the past few years when students could vote online. Elections Board Chair Mariah Acton said it's important for students to vote even if there isn't any competition between the candidates. If they don't, she said, "it shows the administration that students don't care."