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Lock-In Reaffirmations<\/h2>\n
This year was a particularly important for \u00a0A.S. Elections, because most A.S. groups were up due to have their lock-ins reaffirmed. According to the AS Constitution, all lock-ins initiated through the A.S. Elections process are placed on the ballot for reaffirmation every two years. There were eighteen \u00a0A.S. lock-ins up for reaffirmation this year.\u00a0As in past years, A.S. responded with an informational “Care to Know” campaign to let the campus know why these lock-ins are important and why the A.S. groups in question deserve continued student support.<\/p>\n The groups up for reaffirmation were\u00a0Bike Shop,\u00a0Bicycle System (Bike Comm),\u00a0Childcare (Grant), (KCSB)\u00a0Communications Personnel ,\u00a0CAB,\u00a0Community Financial Fund,\u00a0EAB,\u00a0IV Improvements (IVCRC),\u00a0IVTU,\u00a0Legal Service (LRC),\u00a0Recycling,\u00a0SCORE,\u00a0Shoreline (Coastal Fund),\u00a0Womyn’s Commission,\u00a0Take Back The Night,\u00a0UC Student Association,\u00a0KCSB, and\u00a0Program Board<\/p>\n In anticipation of the election A.S. launched an educational campaign <\/i>that neither endorsed nor opposed a particular fee initiative on the ballot, but rather\u00a0raised<\/i>\u00a0awareness<\/i> of Associated Students and its countless contributions to UCSB and the surrounding community. \u00a0All lock-in receiving BCCs contributed to an educational campaign account <\/i>to be used to spread awareness about A.S. during the first four weeks of Spring Quarter. The goal was to raise between $8000-$10,000 for the\u00a0campaign with all A.S. groups contributing what they could and all groups being equally represented in the informational campaign.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Two years ago, in advance of the last A.S. Reaffirmation of this size, students and staff strategized the “Care To Know” Associated Students campaign. This time the\u00a0education campaign<\/i> employed several mediums, including quarter-sheets, 8&1\/2×11 and 11×17 fliers and posters, buttons, Nexus and TBL ads, created links via the AS website to all sorts of information, OrgSync, Digi-Knows and more!<\/p>\n Because the A.S. Elections Code prohibits the use of student-fee dollars for \u201ccampaigning,\u201d \u00a0these efforts were not directly about supporting the reaffirmations. Instead they highlighted the many services and opportunities for involvement offered by A.S.<\/p>\n As in past years, students reaffirmed all A.S. locking-ins!<\/p>\n President: \u00a0Jonathan Abboud<\/p>\n Internal Vice President: \u00a0Kyley “Ky” Scarlet<\/p>\n External Vice President for Local Affairs: \u00a0Alexander “Alex” Moore<\/p>\n External Vice President for Statewide Affairs: \u00a0Alexandria “Alex” Choate<\/p>\n Student Advocate General: Kristian Whittaker<\/p>\n This year the Elections Committee made a significant change in how they plan for the following year’s election by addressing election code issues during the Spring Quarter soon after the election, rather than during the following year. The committee invited students to speak before the committee in a forum style meeting so that they could hear recommendations from the student body before their internal committee deliberations. The goal was to address issues while they were still fresh in peoples’ minds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction The Elections Committee makes sure that the campus-wide elections, which are held during Spring quarter, follow A.S. campus regulations and are fair to everyone involved. Lock-In Reaffirmations This year was a particularly important for \u00a0A.S. Elections, because most A.S. groups were up due to have their lock-ins reaffirmed. 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Elected Executive Officers<\/h2>\n
Elections Forum<\/h2>\n