ASUC Elections 2019

Student Action senators planned to impeach three members of the Judicial Council on Wednesday night, one day after a ruling that disqualified the entire Student Action slate from the 2019 elections cycle.

A lengthy and heated public discussion at a regular ASUC meeting Wednesday night regarding Student Action’s disqualification resulted in several anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic comments, prompting backlash from the UC Berkeley Jewish community.

ASUC President Alexander Wilfert issued an emergency executive order Friday afternoon in an attempt to quickly fill the vacancies brought about by a flurry of resignations from the Elections and Judicial councils.

About 200 students attended Wednesday night’s regular ASUC meeting to both voice their support for and condemnation of the Judicial Council’s recent controversial ruling that resulted in the retroactive disqualification of all Student Action candidates in the 2019 ASUC elections.

With all 14 of Student Action’s newly elected candidates disqualified after a unanimous ASUC Judicial Council ruling Tuesday, many students are wondering what will come next.

A unanimous decision from the ASUC Judicial Council early Tuesday morning disqualified all Student Action candidates from the 2019 elections cycle, after the party preliminarily won a majority of the ASUC Senate and partisan executive seats for the next academic year at Friday’s tabulations ceremony.

Though this year’s ASUC elections were arguably one of the most controversial in years, the majority of UC Berkeley students did not choose to cast their votes.

For the second year in a row, Student Action swept the ASUC general elections, winning three out of four partisan executive seats, as announced at Friday’s tabulations ceremony.

The ASUC Judicial Council called a meeting Thursday to discuss election violation charges against two candidates representing Student Action and the party itself.

Pauley Ballroom erupted in screams, clapping and tears Friday evening as Student Action won the majority of ASUC Senate seats for the second year in a row.