USAC votes to extend voting period for election to Friday

The undergraduate student government voted at its meeting Tuesday night to extend the voting period for next week’s election to run until Friday afternoon. Polls will now open Tuesday at 9 a.m. and close Friday, May 9 at noon, keeping voting open on MyUCLA for 75 continuous hours. Election results will be announced at 4 […]

Student group alleges conflict of interest in two USAC councilmembers’ votes

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA are officially challenging the legitimacy of two undergraduate student government councilmembers’ votes on a controversial divestment resolution brought to council last quarter. Students for Justice in Palestine submitted a petition to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board at the end of last week, claiming that […]

Judicial Board orders Election Board to change USAC elections calendar

The undergraduate student government Judicial Board found Monday night that the length of the current elections voting period violates the Election Code and ordered the Election Board to change it. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board held a public hearing to address a petition filed by a former Election Board member against the USAC […]

Student files petition over USAC election calendar vote

A former member of the undergraduate student government election board filed a complaint against councilmembers Friday for breaking student government bylaws when approving this year’s elections calendar. The petition states that there is currently no legitimate Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Calendar outlining the schedule for the spring 2014 elections because councilmembers did not follow […]

Natalie Delgadillo: New USAC position would not meet transfer student needs

Throughout the year the undergraduate student government has needed prodding from students (myself included) to move on several important issues: reforming the general representative position, appointing the election board chair and owning up to its stipend blunder. But some occasions call for a more measured approach. A constitutional amendment coming to the spring elections ballotis […]