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Before an audience of less than 50, UC outsiders Frances I. Martel ’09 and Roy T. Willey ’09—both of whom are running for the council??s top spot without any experience on the council??attacked the organization’s record of service to its constituents, while the third candidate, current Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, continued his campaign pitch of experience and past service...
...meeting’s most charged moment, Martel offered a strident criticism of what she perceived as the council??s removed, exclusive nature...
...running if we didn’t think there was [anything] to improve,” Snow says. He argued that the UC focuses on a small group of people already involved in the UC, leaving most other students either ignorant or apathetic towards the council??s work. Both repeatedly cast the fact that only about half of the undergraduate population voted in last year’s UC presidential election—even though there were six tickets involved—as evidence of the council??s declining relevance...
...focus on improving student life could be dated to 1996, when the council opened up what were then internal presidential elections, more than 15 years after the UC’s founding. Around this time, presidential candidates began touting student-focused platforms, marking a shift from the council??s earlier function...
...most jurisdictions, implementing an instant-runoff scheme is more expensive and time-consuming because it requires multiple simulated runoffs. This drawback is not a critical concern for the UC, however, as the adoption of electronic voting has made the council??s elections easy to administer...