The UCLA student body wasn’t “fired up” to vote for the candidates on this year’s ambitiously named new slate.
FIRED UP!, a slate that formed in this year’s election cycle, did not win even one of the six seats it contested.
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LET’S ACT! candidate Devin Murphy was elected by a slim margin Friday as next year’s undergraduate student government president, and will lead a council with a Bruins United plurality.
Nine out of the 13 Undergraduate Students Association Council positions were contested in this year’s USAC election, six of which went to Bruins United. The LET’S ACT! slate secured four seats and FIRED UP! did not receive any seats. There will be three independents on council next year.
Bruin United candidates running for undergraduate student government officer positions were banned from all forms of campaigning Friday for turning in inaccurate expense accounts.
All candidates participating in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election this week were required to confirm the amount of money they spent campaigning to the USAC Election Board by 5 p.m.
A special election possibly costing thousands of dollars in student fees would be held if students elected to undergraduate student government officer positions this week resign or turn down their posts.
The results of the undergraduate student government election will be announced in Bruin Plaza around 4 or 4:30 p.m. Friday.
In past years, results were announced in Meyerhoff Park in front of Kerckhoff on Thursday night.
Campaign supporters and the majority of students running for undergraduate student government offices spent more than $25,000 to promote candidates and engage the student body in the spring election this year.
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