This post was updated May 6 at 8 p.m. Bruins United secured nine of 14 seats on the next undergraduate student government council, and students voted to pass all four referenda on the ballot. About 40 percent of undergraduate students voted in the 2016 USAC election, the highest voter turnout since 2009. This year, 11,281 […]
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Daily Bruin polls UCLA community on USAC election
Editor’s note: The results mentioned in this post are not the official results of the undergraduate student government election. Responses were gathered anonymously through a survey available to all students on dailybruin.com. In a Daily Bruin poll, all three Waves of Change candidates received majority votes for their respective contested positions. The poll, which includes […]
Social Justice Referendum supporters continue campaigning despite sanction
Editor’s note: The referenda on the USAC ballot do not directly compete with one another, but in the interest of full transparency, we believe it is worth noting one of the referenda on this year’s ballot directly benefits the Daily Bruin financially. As such, members of the Bruin’s staff will not report any violations to the […]
GSA recap – May 4
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge. Agenda The forum discussed and approved a letter of censure against GSA President Milan Chatterjee. […]
Social Justice Referendum sanctioned after USAC Judicial Board ruling
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned the Social Justice Referendum for violating its campaign spending limit after the judicial board ruled in favor of the election board’s past sanctions Thursday morning. As a result, the Social Justice Referendum needed to remove all campaigning material, such as signboards, by 3 p.m. Thursday. All campaigning materials […]
Waves of Change sanctioned for flyering on the Hill
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned Waves of Change on Thursday morning after a person wearing a Waves of Change shirt was seen handing out campaign flyers on the Hill, according to an Election Board Investigations Committee report. As a result, the election board barred Waves of Change from campaigning or flyering from 1 […]
Judicial board rules in favor of election board on referendum petition
The undergraduate student government judicial board ruled Thursday morning in favor of the election board on four of five claims representatives of the Social Justice Referendum registered against it. Two Undergraduate Students Association Council officials and Social Justice Referendum campaign representative Jazz Kiang filed a USAC Judicial Board petition Tuesday after the USAC Election Board sanctioned […]