Neil McClintick

All three referendums — including two that will increase student fees to fund basic needs and entertainment programs, respectively, and another that will create an elected position within the ASUC — passed during the 2019 ASUC elections.

Independent ASUC presidential candidate Wyatt Colby and Neil McClintick, the transfer director in ASUC President Alexander Wilfert’s office, were both charged with elections violations Tuesday.

The 2019 ASUC elections offer students the opportunity to vote for candidates and also the chance to vote on three referendums: the Student Basic Needs Referendum, the Transfer Remedy Act and the Arts, Music and Programming Initiative.

ASUC senators narrowly voted to place the Transfer Referendum on the 2019 ASUC elections ballot during a special meeting Thursday evening.

ASUC senators considered a proposal to establish a designated transfer student representative within the ASUC at Wednesday night’s regular meeting.

The one new senate resolution was in support of Maximino Martinez Commons becoming a fully designated transfer student housing facility.

Of the 20 senators in this year’s ASUC Senate class, none are transfer students. This is a stark difference to the senate class of 2017, which had three transfer student senators — Juniperangelica Cordova, Hani Hussein and Carmel Gutherz.

Both BSU and McClintick’s presentations to the ASUC Senate focused on garnering support for their respective communities.

After the 2018 ASUC elections, in which Student Action won the majority in both the senate and partisan executive races, candidates and ASUC stakeholders reflected on what may have contributed to the party’s victory.