Several candidates who ran in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections said they think national politics influenced this year’s election. Nine independent candidates were elected to the council in Friday’s election. The election also featured two slates, with the Defend Affirmative Action Party winning one seat and the Bruins United slate winning four positions. […]
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2017 USAC election sees 27.5 percent voter turnout, down from 2016
Voter turnout in the 2017 undergraduate student government election was the lowest it has been in recent years, falling more than 10 percentage points from 2016. About 8,000 students, or 27.5 percent, voted in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election, compared to more than 40 percent last year. Voter turnout has been about 30 […]
Independent candidates take majority in 2017 USAC election
This post was updated May 5 at 7:48 p.m. Nine out of 10 independent candidates in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election won positions on the council. The Bruins United slate secured two out of seven contested seats and will have four seats total, the fewest number of positions that the slate, which typically […]
USAC Election Board issues five sanctions
The undergraduate student government election board has issued five sanctions since Thursday night. The board sanctioned independent candidates Sayron Stokes and Divya Sharma on Thursday night, and sanctioned independent candidate Jack Price and Bruins United candidate Neha Quraishi Friday afternoon. Transfer student representative candidate Stokes was sanctioned for placing campaign leaflets in the Ralph J. […]
Judicial board rules against petition to disqualify Bruins United slate
The undergraduate student government judicial board ruled in favor of the election board after receiving a petition asking it to disqualify the Bruins United slate. The judicial board voted unanimously that the election board did not violate code when sanctioning the slate for multiple violations. Three students petitioned against the election board Thursday morning, alleging […]
Judicial board hears case for potential Bruins United disqualification
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board conducted hearings Thursday on a petition that aims to disqualify the entire Bruins United slate, the board’s first case of the year. The petitioners alleged the election board violated election code by sanctioning the Bruins United slate too lightly for failing to disclose a sponsorship from the mobile […]
Graduate student housing opportunities to grow
Graduate students may get more housing opportunities in a few years, after UCLA administrators decided to change their proposal for new housing projects. Michael Skiles, Graduate Students Association president, said officials plan to modify an existing construction proposal to include housing for 300 graduate students. In their updated proposal, officials reserve one building in the […]