USA Elections Board disqualifies 2 candidates from upcoming USAC election
Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. Two candidates for the upcoming USAC election were disqualified. (Daily Bruin file photo)
By Shiv Patel
April 24, 2025 1:08 p.m.
This post was updated April 24 at 2:00 p.m.
The USA Elections Board disqualified two candidates from the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election.
Christina Morcus, a candidate for USAC president, and Abrar Alzabin, a candidate for Academic Affairs commissioner, both failed to submit required funding disclosures, according to notices of disqualification approved by the elections board Wednesday.
Candidates were required to submit their first funding source disclosure Monday, though the board granted 36-hour extensions to candidates who failed to meet the deadline, according to the notices. Morcus, a third-year cognitive science and international development studies student, and Alzabin, a second-year human biology and society student, failed to meet the extended deadlines, according to the notices.
According to the USA Election Code, a candidate’s failure to submit required expense reports warrants disqualification, though candidates may appeal election board decisions to the USA Judicial Board within 24 hours of the decision.
Alzabin’s disqualification means incumbent Academic Affairs Commissioner Cristopher Espino will be unopposed in his bid for reelection.
Neither Morcus nor Alzabin responded in time to a request for comment on their respective disqualifications.
