Three referendums placed on 2014 elections ballot
Deck: With the ASUCR elections right around the corner, UCR students will decide the fate of three referendum items surrounding ASUCR, campus diversity and the environment.
Last Wednesday, senators unanimously voted in favor of placing...
ASUCR: R’Pantry bylaws receive criticism, acting executive vice president presentations
The ASUCR meeting held on Wednesday yielded comments at the public forum segment about edits made last week to a clause in the ASUCR bylaws which handles R’Pantry implementation and the Diversity Council. Acting...
ASUCR resolution absolves roles in last year’s controversies
Last week’s ASUCR senate meeting saw the passage of a “Resolution in Support of Upholding Due Process, Justice and Separation of Powers in the ASUCR.” This resolution is intended to clarify the events of...
ASUCR bans [YOU]CR as political party name
On Jan. 29, 2014, ASUCR Elections Director Chris Sanchez announced that he will ban the political party name CR from being used in the upcoming 2013-2014 elections due to its phonetic similarities to UC...
Legislation typos delay passage of senate resolutions
The passage of two resolutions brought forth by the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) highlighted last Monday’s ASUCR senate meeting. After some complications with the editing of the resolutions, 14 senators present at the meeting...
ASUCR proposes constitution overhaul
ASUCR passed a series of constitutional amendments at last week’s senate meeting that they hope will be ratified by students during the 2015 elections. The amendments would make it easier to recall elected officials,...
Students voice concerns over resolutions regarding laptopping
Several students spoke at the public forum section of the ASUCR senate meeting to express their concerns with recent actions taken by ASUCR in regards to making the controversial campaigning technique laptopping legal as...
Elections committee unveils parties’ campaign spending
Welcoming the week of student government elections, the ASUCR Elections Committee released the preliminary finances of each political party running, revealing that candidates from Voice contributed the most. The Elections Code does not require...
Senators discuss possibility of delaying elections
Members of the public called for a change to the elections code, which involved lowering the minimum number of candidates required to form a political party during last Wednesday’s ASUCR senate meeting. The senate...
R’Voice disbanded, candidates plan appeal
R’Voice will no longer run as an official party for the 2013 ASUCR spring elections, due to the disqualification of a party member over missing documentation.
Former R’Voice candidate Luis Morales did not submit his...