Melvin Tangonan

The 2020 ASUC elections had a marginally higher voter turnout than in 2019, despite the pandemic pushing the elections to take place entirely online. Although graduate student voter turnout increased by 487%, undergraduate voter turnout dropped by 17% compared to last year.

ASUC Executive Vice President Andy Theocharous resigned from his position due to "tragic circumstances" regarding a person close to him. Friends, family and professionals helped him come to the decision to resign in order to better focus on schoolwork, according to Theocharous in a letter sent to the ASUC Judicial Council.

Next year’s executive offices will be filled by independent candidate Victoria Vera as president, current ASUC Senator Melvin Tangonan as executive vice president, current ASUC Senator Nicole Anyanwu as academic affairs vice president, current ASUC Senator Derek Imai as external affairs vice president and independent candidate Joyce Huchin as student advocate.

U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono, along with U.S. Reps. Judy Chu, Raúl Grijalva and Lou Correa, have ushered legislation to ensure that “vulnerable communities” have access to health care and resources during the COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, pandemic.

UC Berkeley students deserve leaders who can work to improve the status quo and quickly address emergencies. Here are the candidates who have won our vote.

While Student Action candidate Melvin Tangonan is the most qualified candidate for the executive vice president position, his interview with The Daily Californian left plenty to be desired.

ASUC elections have moved completely online, forcing candidates to alter their campaigning strategies and the ASUC Elections Council to find new ways to get the word out about voting. The decision was made in response to campus’s move to remote classes and the shelter-in-place order over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Student Action announced March 8 that current ASUC Senators Haazim Amirali and Melvin Tangonan are running for next academic year’s ASUC president and executive vice president, respectively.

The Building Name Review Committee spent almost three years circulating surveys, inviting public comment and reading reports from an internal Berkeley Law committee.

After carefully evaluating campaign promises against current projects, here is our ASUC midyear progress report.