The special election fills 4 vacancies, but leaves 2 empty seats.
Feb. 28 — The Student Advocacy Board concluded a special election on February 5th to fill vacancies caused largely by representatives going abroad for the spring semester.
Voter turnout for this election was predictably less than the last General Election: 55 students voted, comprising only 7% of the total student body, compared to the last General Election’s 33.4% voter turnout.
Mizhgaan Kakakhel won the race for Academic Student Representative with 54% of the vote, beating out Evaluna Pineda Gonzalez and Henry Morgan. Kakakhel served as the Academic Div II Rep. in the first Student Advoacy Board, and ran for re-election as the Amenities, Resources, & Services Rep., in the last General Election, but lost to Hyder Zafarullah. Kakakhel now leads the division of the SAB she originally served in. The position was held by Fiona Cox last semester.
Allyse Brockington won the race for Academic Div I Representative, running unopposed. The position was held by Sergio Bahena last semester.
Hellen Turcios Funez won the race for International Students Representative with 85% of the vote, beating out Bryan Hernandez. The position was held by Ricardo Pavanelli last semester.
Sophia Scolini won the race for Mod Life Representative with 64% of the vote, beating out Krishna Venkataraman and Connor-Ewan Varscadden. The position was held by Elisa Moreno Kiernan last semester.
All the elected students will serve until the next General Election near the end of the spring semester.
There remain two vacancies on the Student Advocacy Board: Student Life Representative, a position held by Luz Suarez last semester, who resigned on February 4th, and Academic Div III Representative, last held by Violet Henriques, who is on academic leave.
Filling these two vacancies is in limbo as the Student Advocacy Board debates on how to fill vacancies going forward. For more on that, see SAB Radar: Motions and amendments passed.
DISCLOSURE: The author of this article is the Queer Representative on the SAB.
REVIEWED BY: Ryan Nivus, Axen Wetzel, Verne Gulley
