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. […]
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Bruins United sanctioned for sponsorship, social media violations
The undergraduate student government election board posted several sanctions Wednesday night, extending a previous sanction and sanctioning candidates for social media violations. After failing to comply with a previous sanction, Bruins United candidates were prohibited from campaigning until noon on Thursday. The previous sanction prevented candidates from campaigning from 7 a.m. on Wednesday to 7 […]
USAC Election Board sanctions Bruins United, independent candidates
The undergraduate student government election board issued a total of seven sanctions Monday and Tuesday. The board received a total of 10 complaints and issued one sanction for a campaign finance rule and regulation violation, two sanctions for on-campus campaigning violations, and four sanctions for social media violations. The election board, which oversees and regulates […]
Bruins United fails to disclose sponsorship, receives 24-hour ban
Candidates from the Bruins United slate were banned from campaigning on campus and online all day Wednesday for failing to disclose a sponsorship from a mobile application. An anonymous complaint to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board claimed Bruins United failed to accurately report sponsorship that constitute donations to the slate. The report was […]
USAC election board issues campaign, finance-related sanctions
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned several candidates between Friday and Monday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council election board, which oversees spring elections and enforces the election code, investigated 13 complaints and issued a total of six sanctions. The board issued a sanction to the entire Bruins United slate and one independent candidate for […]
Academic Affairs candidate sanctioned for not complying with sanction
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Thursday for not complying with a previous sanction. The board issued a fourth sanction to independent Academic Affairs commissioner candidate Divya Sharma for social media campaigning while still being sanctioned. On Tuesday, Sharma received a sanction for violating media advertising regulations. The board ruled that Sharma […]
USAC Election Board sanctions two candidates
The undergraduate student government election board issued five sanctions between Saturday and Tuesday this week. The election board investigated a total of 12 complaints and ruled to issue three sanctions for social media violations, one for a leafleting violation, and one for a media advertising violation. The board sanctioned internal vice president candidate Vivy Li […]