For the last seven years the undergraduate student government election voting period has run from Monday through Thursday of election week.
Tag Archives: USAC election 2014
Natalie Delgadillo: USAC members must commit to collaboration
The harmful rhetoric and procedural missteps at the undergraduate student government’s discussion of a divestment resolution last quarter illustrated a deep division among communities on campus. In turn, that division was represented on the council, where a straw poll revealed adherence to a strict party line, with members from the Bruins United slate voting against […]
USAC election to be heavily contested by four slates
Seven of the 13 undergraduate student government positions have at least three candidates running for office in the upcoming spring elections.
USAC opts to maintain shorter voting period for elections
Polls for the undergraduate student government elections will remain open for three days in May, despite attempts by some student government officials to lengthen the voting period. The voting timespan for this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections calendar runs from May 6-8, on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of sixth week. In recent years, […]
USAC transfer representative petition seeking signatures
Nearly 1,000 students have signed a petition to create a transfer student representative seat within the undergraduate student government, but the measure is still far from the number of signatures it needs to have to be voted on by students during spring elections. To gather more signatures for the petition, transfer student advocates are holding […]
USAC to revisit elections calendar amid voting period concerns
Undergraduate student government officials plan to reconsider an elections calendar they approved last quarter after some expressed concerns about a shortened voting time span. Polls are currently set to open for three days in May for the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, though voting periods generally lasted four days in recent years. The USAC elections […]
Natalie Delgadillo: General representative candidates should have cohesive platform
After this summer’s stipend increase, every student government officer gets paid $672 a month. For most members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council who have clearly defined roles and a very structured office, it’s relatively clear what the student body is paying them to do. For the three general representatives that sit on council, however, […]