Tag: elections
Let’s ignore the hype about caucuses and primaries, shall we?
Feb. 1, 2016 marked the official start of voting for the presidential race as Iowa became the first state in the nation to caucus...
ASUCR removes laptopping bylaw
At last week’s senate meeting, amendments were made to the standing ASUCR election bylaws. Major changes were made to remove the ban on laptopping...
Why we need to get over elections
Whenever I meet a non-first-year student, our conversations typically cover the four following topics: 1) my major (political science and international affairs), 2) where...
Over $10,000 spent on elections
The ASUCR Elections Committee spent over $10,000 to promote campaigning and events regarding elections. In addition, party finances — funds individual parties used to...
Spillover of ASUCR elections controversies
In a lecture hall packed with over 100 students, candidates from PAC: Pride, Action, Change and CR expressed discontent with the judicial decision that...
Elected [OUR]Voice candidates retroactively disqualified, pending appeals
A recent vote by the ASUCR senate will give them the jurisdiction to review appeal cases that were previously heard during a justices’ meeting...
[OUR]Voice sweeps ASUCR elections amid controversy
After a bruising month of elections filled with controversial campaigning and accusations of partisan bias, Voice will take office later this year in a...
ASUCR: Election conflicts boil over, result in censure
This week’s more than six-hour-long ASUCR senate meeting was rife with controversy as spectators overflowing from the room expressed both support for and opposition...
[OUR]Voice candidates banned; Elections results postponed
The ASUCR Elections Committee has disqualified the Voice party after receiving multiple violations. Following a Monday meeting between ASUCR representatives and campus administration, elections...
Elections controversies flare up in ASUCR
Tensions have spiked in ASUCR after two senate meetings, during which the removal of a laptopping bylaw and an attempt to overturn an executive...