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ASV routs UP in SA elections

ASV routs UP in SA elections

The political party Allied Student Voices easily defeated United Panthers and other write-in campaigns this year’s SA elections, which set records in the number ballots cast. ASV took 64 percent of the 3,442 votes cast in the presidential election and won 36 seats in the senate, while UP took 24 percent and won only two seats.

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SA Mid-election Update

SA Mid-election Update

Allied Student Voice leads with 65 percent of the votes cast so far, while the United Panthers have only 22 percent after a scandal forced the party’s vice presidential candidate to drop out. Meanwhile, two write-in campaigns vowing to dismantle SA, started only hours before voting began, are gaining traction.

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How to rig an election without really trying

An attempt to undermine the upcoming Student Association elections and subvert the independence of the election commission was revealed in the leaked private Facebook messages of Special Assistant to the President and United Panthers vice presidential candidate Eric Grow last Wednesday.

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Failed emergency senate meeting spells budgetary trouble

An emergency Student Association senate session held on April 6 failed to draw enough senators to meet quorum, meaning that a deal to obtain 200 subsidized parking spaces in the Klotsche Center and Pavilion parking garage may be in jeopardy.

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SA turmoil complicates election

The landscape of the upcoming Student Association election has changed dramatically over the past week, with the mushrooming fallout from United Panthers vice presidential candidate Eric Grow’s leaked Facebook conversations prompting emergency action by the Independent Election Commission mere days before ballots are distributed to students’ email accounts.

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Leaked Facebook messages show racist remarks, plot to rig election

An anonymous source leaked 39 pages of private messages from United Panthers vice presidential candidate Eric Grow’s Facebook account on Wednesday, highlighting racist and sexist remarks about other members of SA and a plot to rig the presidential election.

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Bribery joke causes ICONIC 50 demerits

Bribery joke causes ICONIC 50 demerits

Nguyen jokingly offers IEC Head $10,000 for election win

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SA candidates spar in debate

SA candidates spar in debate

Three set of candidates for president and vice president debated campus issues before elections

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UWM College Dems return

Recently the UW-Milwaukee witnessed their College Democrat party dismantled temporarily on behalf of a file of appeal for allegations of misconduct under the Student Association constitution. The appeal, filed by SA Senator Matthew Rosner, took place late last summer during which Rosner and other individuals familiar to the organization were notified by the previous administration [...]

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SORC decides not to investigate SA trip

Kadulski told SORC that he was notified by Brandon James, director of the Student Association Professional Staff, that gas reimbursement receipts submitted included 90 miles of travel unaccounted for during the three day event, which took place at UW-Parkside in Kenosha from Feb. 10-12.

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