This year’s Graduate Students Association election had the highest voter turnout in almost a decade. Election Commissioner Justin Gelzhiser announced that the voter turnout for this year was around 15 percent, 6 percent more than last year. “The main factor (to get increased voter turnout) is slates, and more people will vote,” Gelzhiser said. “We […]
Category Archives: Student Government
USAC recap – April 17
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel, which can be accessed with a ucla.edu account. […]
Judicial board rules against reconsidering Justin Jackson’s IVP candidacy
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board ruled in favor of the USAC Election Board after reviewing a petition claiming the election board unfairly disqualified a candidate. The judicial board voted unanimously that the election board did not violate the equal protection clause of the USAC Election Code by disqualifying Justin Jackson for submitting his […]
USAC Judicial Board discusses Justin Jackson’s disqualification in hearing
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board conducted a hearing Friday on a petition that claimed the election board’s decision to disqualify a candidate violated his right to an equal opportunity to run. John Ulysses Keevan-Lynch, an undeclared second-year student, filed a petition Tuesday arguing the USAC Election Board’s decision to disqualify Justin Jackson from […]
USAC to allow for campaign reimbursements, increasing opportunities for students
Recent amendments to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Code could level the playing field for candidates running in this year’s undergraduate student government election, student leaders said. USAC unanimously passed a series of amendments to the election code last month, including reimbursing candidates’ campaign spending with 10 percent of the election board’s total budget […]
USAC recap – April 10
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel, which can be accessed with a ucla.edu account. […]
Judicial board reviews petition to reconsider disqualified candidate
The undergraduate student government judicial board has decided to review a petition from a student who claims the disqualification of a candidate violated the election code. John Ulysses Keevan-Lynch petitioned the judicial board Tuesday, stating the disqualification of General Representative 3 Justin Jackson from this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election violated the equal protection […]