2015 University of Massachusetts — Amherst

Student Government Association

Spring Elections Report

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VOTER TURNOUT

Number of Voters Student Population Percentane3423 (President/VP) 22,252 1 5.3 8%

3617 (Student Trustee) 28,635 12.63%194 (GSS Officers) 6,383 3.04%

Question 1: MassPIRG 22,252 Percent Voted: 15.38%Do you support the continued Total Votes: 3423existence of the MASSPIRG Yes: 2341chapter at UMass Amherst No: 864funded through a $1 I per

student per semester waivablefee? Any student choosingnot to support MASSPJRG

may waive the fee.

Question 2: SATF Fee 22,252 Percent Voted: 1 5.3 8%Do you wish to increase the Total Votes: 3423Student Activities Fund Fee Yes: 2420by six dollars (three dollars No: 772per semester) to account forincreased costs to RSOs and

Agencies?

Question 3: CCPII 22,252 Percent Voted: 15.38%Do you wish to raise the Total Votes: 3423

student health fee by seven Yes: 21 90dollars to fund an increased No: 1016

staff at the Center forCounseling and Psychological

Health?

PRESIDENT! VICE PRESIDENT (Winning Ticket In Bold)

Name of Ticket Number of Votes Votes with Write_Ins*

Slonan Barrett & Chantal Lima Barbosa 1370 1373

Charlotte Kelly & Sammi Gay 1369 1369

Rocco Giordano & Danny Mirlay-Srinivas 404 404

Savannah Van Leuvan Smith & John Coakley** 59 59*Irldicates the total number of votes, including those that were written in

**I1dicates a write-in candidate

There were a total of 142 write-in votes for this ballot

STUDENT TRUSTEE (Winner in Bold)

Trustee Candidate Number of Votes Votes with Write_lns*

Emily O’Neil 1464 1464Nicholas Vigneau 764 764

Kabir Thatte 63 1 631Gabriel Schmitt 267 267

Juan Manuel Ruiz-Hau 42 42Philip Geer* 20 20

*Indicates the total number of votes, including those thai were written in* *lndjcates a write-in candidate

There were a total of 118 write-in votes for this ballot

GSS OFFICERS (Winner in Bold)

GSS Candidate Position Number of Votes with WriteIns*

VotesAdina Giannelli (incumbent) GSS President 155 156

Dani OBrien (incumbent) GSS Vice President 160 161Daniel Morales (incumbent) GSS Treasurer 162 162

*1,dicates the total number of votes, including those that were written in**lndicates a write-in candidate

There were a total of 42 write-in votes fir this ballot

FORMAL COMPLAINTS

Complaint Complainin2 Party Date Course of ActionMultiple Barrett-Barbosa The commission issued a

campaign flyers were spotted warning to candidatesin public spaces in Dickinson Barrett and Barhosa that

Hall, in violation of the their ticket would heResidence Hall Solicitation Rocco Giordano 3/10 invalidated if they or their

Policy, campaign staff were foundresponsible for breaking any

by-laws in the future.

Multiple Kelly-Clay campaign The commission issued aflyers were spotted in public warning to candidates Kelly

spaces in Gorman and Wheeler and Gay that their ticketHall. in violation of the . would be invalidated if they

. . . . Candidate RoccoResidence hall Solicitation .. or their campaign staff were

. (iuordano 3/10Policy. The RD of the found responsible for

residential cluster took down breaking any by-laws in thethese flyers. future.

Devenney discovered multiple Because the flyers wereBarrett-Barbosa campaign taken down, and because

flyers in the elevator lobby of photographic evidence ofWashington Hall and removed the violation was not

them, presented until almostEmily Devenney 3/1 1 twenty hours after the

complaint was filed, thecommission decided that itcould not make a factual

decision based on theevidence_presented.

The words ‘Please pass around Since there is no factuala laptop tonight & have evidence that the note was

everyone go on campus pulse actually written byto vote for me!” were found Erika Civitarese 3/12 candidates Barrett orwritten on a whiteboard in Barbosa, or any member of

[VC above a Barrelt-Barhosa their campaign staff, nocampaign poster. action can he taken.

The commission does notCandidate Barrett noticed one Candidate Sionan believe it is against the

of Candidate O’Neil’sBarrett 3/12 by-laws to use technology to

campaign workers walkingshow students how to vote.

around with an iPad open toSince there is no factual

the Campus Pulse website,evidence to show that this

allegedly trying to collectindividual actually coerced

immediate votes.anyone to vote, no action

was taken.

O’Day noticed a post on theKelly-Gay Facehook page that None of the pages that liked

was liked by the “Central the post on the Kelly-GaySGA” page, the “It’s ON US Facebook page belong to

UMass” page, and the “5 RSOs. Since there is noTyler O’Day 3/12Votes” page. ODay believes factual evidence thatCandidate Kelly had direct Candidate Kelly has access

administrative access to these to any of these pages, riopages. action can be taken.

One registered campaign The commission does notworker of Candidate O’Neil believe it is against the

and one unidentified individual by-laws to use technology towere observed in Blue Wall show students how to vote.Julianne Brunelle

Cafeteria walking around with 3/12 Since there is no fictuaIEmily O’Neil’s chops and an evidence to show that these

iPad. allegedly trying to collect individuals actually coercedimmediate votes, anyone to vote, no action

was taken.Multiple Kelly-Gay campaign

While the Group Meflyers were thund affixed to

screenshot does indicate theresident doors within the fourth

RA’s support lbr candidatesfloor of Birch Hall with thesame blue duct tape used by

Kelly and Gay. it does not‘l’yler 01)ay 3/12 prove that he actually put up

the RAs to hang other notices.the signs. nor is he a

A screenshot of a GroupMeregistered campaign worker.

conversation involving the RATherefore. no action can be

of the floor implies his supporttaken.

for_the_Kelly-Gay_ticket.

This Elections Report was ratified by the Elections Commission to be true &accurate on Thursday, March 12, 2015

Divya Kirti

Paul Flamburis Aliza Abolafia

(El ons -ommissioner) lections C mrnissioner)

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Emy Hardy Erik Herlitz

(Elections Commissioner) (Elections Commissioner)