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In this year’s ASUC elections, campus political parties and candidates campaigns collectively spent about $9,000, which is about $4,000 less than last year’s total spending of more than $13,000.
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With voting for the ASUC elections beginning Monday, The Daily Californian is fact-checking some of the more significant assertions made by candidates at its annual ASUC elections forum held last week.
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Candidates for ASUC executive positions often clashed on their platforms during an ASUC elections forum held by The Daily Californian on Tuesday night.
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Last year, Cortez-Mejia ran for ASUC president with the Defend Affirmative Action Party. This year, he is running for the same position but as an independent, because the party failed to file an online endorsement form and party filing fee.
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Candidates Stephanie Nicole Garcia and Selina Lao — who diverge in their backgrounds and policies, especially those regarding sexual misconduct — are running for student advocate in this year’s ASUC election.
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At a special Elections Council meeting Tuesday, the ASUC Elections Council voted to allow CalSERVE the use of its party name and reject Defend Affirmative Action Party’s party endorsement forms.
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The Defend Affirmative Action Party, a student political party closely connected to the activist organization By Any Means Necessary, announced executive candidates for all five seats — four of whom are also running for senate seats. DAAP also announced eight additional senate candidates for the 2016-17 ASUC elections.
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As polling continues this week, candidates for the ASUC executive seats are tallying up last-minute votes, seeking to either distance themselves from or compare themselves to the individuals currently in the role.
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While supporters flocked to Sproul Plaza to campaign for the spring ASUC elections, Michael Cortez-Mejia was at a rally in Oakland on Tuesday, marching in solidarity with teachers who were protesting the chartering of public schools.
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At a forum hosted by the Daily Californian Tuesday night, candidates for ASUC executive offices debated approaches to improving campus climate, working with administrators and dealing with tuition hikes.
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