The undergraduate student government election board issued 11 sanctions Monday night and one Tuesday night. The election board investigated a total of 17 complaints related to social media violations, and decided to issue sanctions for 12 of those complaints. Social media campaigning began Monday at noon. On Monday, the board sanctioned transfer student representative candidate […]
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Candidate sanctioned for satirical comments on Facebook photo
This post was updated April 17 at 11:37 p.m. The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Monday for comments made on his Facebook profile picture. The election board ruled that external vice president candidate Jack Price, who is running independently in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election, engaged in social media campaigning […]
Election board sanctions Bruins United for early social media posts
This post was updated April 18 at 11:00 a.m. The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a slate Friday for violating social media regulations. The board ruled that all nine of this year’s Bruins United candidates had begun campaigning online before they were allowed. The candidates simultaneously uploaded Facebook profile pictures, in which they wore […]
USAC candidate sanctioned for premature campaigning with Facebook page
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Friday for prematurely creating a Facebook page about her campaign. The board determined that Sayron Stokes, an independent candidate running for the transfer student representative position, violated conduct regulations by creating a page called “Sayron Stokes for UCLA USAC Transfer Representative” before social media campaigning was […]
USAC Election Board sanctions three candidates for Facebook post
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned three candidates Friday for a Facebook post that violated social media rules. On Thursday morning, a student named Christian D. Green posted a Facebook status about three people running in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections: Malik D. Flournoy-Hooker, Chloe Pan and Sayron Stokes. The sanction said […]
USAC Election Board outlines campaign guidelines for spring election
Student leaders discussed spending limits and social media regulations for spring undergraduate student government elections at a candidate orientation Wednesday night. The election board chair and directors spoke to this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election candidates about upcoming events, rules and due dates. Applicants officially became candidates during the orientation. [Read more: USAC election […]
USAC election introduces new slate, to have one presidential candidate
This post was updated on April 24 at 2:50 p.m. This year’s student government elections will have an unopposed presidential candidate. Bruins United candidate Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh is the only person running for the Undergraduate Students Association Council president. This year’s election will also have a new slate, Defend Affirmative Action Party, which will run […]