Student Gov

October 17, 2018

Special Election Deadline Extended by One Week Following Low Voter Turnout

By Sanya Kamidi

The deadline to vote is tomorrow, Oct. 18.

October 11, 2018

Runner-Up Senator Sworn in Over FaceTime

By Evelyn Spence

Mello was voted in with 19 yes votes, one no vote and two abstentions.

October 11, 2018

A.S. Postpones Council Vote for Second Week In a Row

By Sanya Kamidi, Evelyn Spence

The original vote and the reconsiderations of the vote continued to be split across party lines, with Proxy Luvia Solis abstaining from the vote.

October 4, 2018

Judicial Council Slots Remain Unfilled as Senate Postpones Chair Vote

By Sanya Kamidi

The Judicial Council is made up of one chairman, four members and one advisor.

October 4, 2018

Petitions Regarding A.S. Spring Elections Remain Undecided, Judicial Council Unable to Meet Quorum

By Evelyn Spence

If the Council rules in favor of Nemeh and Morales, Morales could be reinstated in her position, causing the special election results to become void.

July 1, 2018

A.S. Senate Passes Resolution To Split EVPSA Duties

By Evelyn Spence

The position of EVPSA is currently vacant because the A.S. Elections Board disqualified the then EVPSA-elect, Mayela Morales, in May.

June 29, 2018

SAG Martinez’s Domestic Violence Charge Dismissed

By Evelyn Spence

She was being tried as a defendant against the People of the State of California and pled not guilty in the domestic violence charge, according to court records.

May 24, 2018

All Newly-Elected A.S. Senators Sworn In, Meeting Ends With Full Agenda Unaddressed

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi

The meeting ended just after 5:30 p.m. with more than a quarter of the agenda left unaddressed.

May 24, 2018

Divestment Vote Canceled, 69th Senate Meeting Shut Down by ‘Civil Disobedience’

By Shomik Mukherjee, Simren Verma, Sanya Kamidi, Héctor Sánchez Castañeda

When the dust settled, it was another instance — the fifth time in six years — in which divestment failed to pass at UC Santa Barbara, which remains the only undergraduate UC campus not to have passed the resolution.

May 22, 2018

BREAKING: Special Election for EVPSA Will Be Held Fall Quarter

By Evelyn Spence

Currently “appeals” are in place, according to the minutes, although specifications regarding Morales’ disqualification were not discussed during Monday’s meeting.

May 17, 2018

Senate Fails to Vote on Divestment After Senators Walk Out of Meeting

By Shomik Mukherjee, Simren Verma

The controversial “divestment” resolution was brought to the table for the fifth time in six years on Wednesday, but 12 senators and proxies didn’t return to the over 10-hour-long meeting after a brief recess.  

May 16, 2018

BREAKING: EVPSA-Elect Disqualified from A.S. Public Office

By Simren Verma, Evelyn Spence

Elections Board has not yet confirmed the reason for Morales’s disqualification.

April 26, 2018

Isla Vista Party Upsets Campus United’s Stronghold on A.S.

By Maura Fox, Shomik Mukherjee, Stephany Rubio, Tamari Dzotsenidze

Campus United remains dominant in the A.S. Senate, after students elected 14 Campus United candidates and 10 from IVP.

April 26, 2018

LIVE: A.S. Election Results 2018

By Staff Report

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the Associated Students Election, which will be announced at The Hub in the UCen beginning at 8 p.m.

April 24, 2018

Eight A.S. Exec. Candidates Do Not Support UCen Renovation, Which Would Raise Student Fees

By Simren Verma

Eight candidates running for an A.S. executive position denounced the proposed “NewCen” ballot measure, which would raise student fees to fund the University Center renovation.

April 24, 2018

External Vice President for Statewide Affairs Forum: Loudon vs. Morales

By Shomik Mukherjee

The two candidates agreed that combating tuition hikes and food insecurity should be a primary concern for UC Santa Barbara students. Loudon is running with Campus United and Morales with the Isla Vista Party, both of wh...