In its Tuesday meeting, the UGA SGA unanimously passed two resolutions — one to work toward expanding the hours of on-campus study locations and the other to gain support for
Complaints: 9
The contentious election season saw nine complaints filed with the Elections Committee, the most ever in a single season according to SGA Attorney General Jack Henry Decker. While not all of these complaints garnered hearings, they still underline the conflict between this yearâs SGA campaigns.Â
Voter turnout: 5,811, less than half from the year before
Last yearâs election season broke records with a voter turnout of 11,258 votes, representing 29% of the student body population, for the executive ticket runoff. This year saw a dramatic decrease with a total runoff voter turnout of only 5,811. In running to represent the entire student body, the Belong and Bridge tickets collectively turned out 14.8% of students, according to fall 2020 enrollment.Â
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Saturday night, the Student Government Association Elections Committee unanimously voted to sanction the Belong executive ticket for violating the Elections Code. The decision followed a Zoom disciplinary meeting regularly punctuated by friendly pleasantries and technical difficulties.
This marks the Belong ticketâs third sanction of the election season. The most recent sanction came as a result of a complaint filed by junior Christian Carlow, chief counsel for the Voice executive ticket. The complaint contained both photographic and video evidence the Elections Committee determined to prove that members of the Belong staff had repeatedly violated the SGA Elections Code.
After hearing from both the Voice and Belong executive ticketâs counsel and witnesses in a two-hour long meeting, the Elections Committee unanimously agreed in a closed session that Belong had violated section 707.4p of the SGA Elections Code. That section of the code stipulates that no more than two indi
An otherwise uneventful Student Government Association election season heated up on Thursday with two of the three executive tickets garnering social media backlash for messages and posts on day four of campaigning.
On Thursday, the SGA Bridge executive ticket released a campaign video that featured campaign staff arm in arm, marching on Herty Field to âA Change Is Gonna Comeâ by Sam Cooke.
Presidential candidate for the Bridge ticket, Jeremiah de Sesto, shared the video from the campaignâs Instagram page to his personal story accompanied by a message.
â55 years ago, my hero John Lewis marched across the Edmund Pettus BRIDGE for change. Today, we strive to do the same for this campus and our community. Letâs @bridge.uga,â de Sesto wrote in the story.