UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly fee fails due to low voter turnout
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As a result of low voter turnout, the Graduate Assembly fee did not pass in the 2021 ASUC elections. Even though the initial result of the referendum indicated that the fee had passed, there was confusion around conflicting campus policy and ASUC bylaws.
In the 2021 ASUC elections, graduate students voted on a fee proposed by the Graduate Assembly, or GA, which did not pass due to low voter turnout.
In an effort to center graduate students, the GA fee proposed a semesterly $33 fee paid by graduate students. The funds would go toward the GA and replace the graduate student contribution to the ASUC fee, a $27.50 fee that is paid by all students at UC Berkeley.