Associated Students Announces Spring '14 Election Results

Jerry Garcia Dinzes is the new Associated Student President following the election held April 22 to 24. Dinzes received 458 votes in the final tally, a narrow victory over opponent Rashod A.S. Berkeley, who received 432 votes.
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This year was the first A.S. election to feature ranked choice voting, which allows voters to rank multiple candidates in order of preference. Voters may rank different candidates for each position. When votes are tallied, candidates who receive over 50 percent of the first-choice votes will be declared winners. In races where a winner cannot be determined using first-choice votes, voters’ ranked-choices will be tabulated. This new system identifies winning candidates without the need for a special run-off election. In total 1,055 votes were cast, or 13.42 percent of the eligible 7,863 voters.

In the three vice president positions, Ana L. Cortes, won the race for Administrative Vice President; Jesse Carpentier is Legislative Vice President and T.J. Singh is Student Affairs Vice President.

The results from other races are posted below.
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Representative
Devante L. Smith

College of Natural Resources and Sciences Representative
Nicholas Colbrunn
Thomas H. Kupelian
Nathaniel A. McGuigan

College of Professional Studies Representative
Brenda Hernandez
Taylor J. Mitchell
Terrevia Shirley

At-Large Representative
Aracely Curiel
Akira Brathwaite

Graduate Representative
Patric Esh

Associated Students (AS) Fee
Do you favor increasing the Associated Students (AS) Fee from the current $101 ($51 Fall semester, $50 Spring semester) per year fee to $113 ($57 Fall semester, $56 Spring semester) per year in 2014-15 and $117 ($59 Fall semester, $58 Spring semester) per year in 2015-16? The fee would remain at $117 thereafter until adjusted by a future referendum.

Yes (58.33 percente of the vote)