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Students can vote for candidates and on two referenda--on decreasing the size of the council and increasing its funding--until midnight tomorrow night by typing ucvote at the fas% prompt...
...endorsement comes just in time for elections. Students can vote on referenda and candidates today through Wednesday by typing ucvote as the fas% prompt...
Because so few students voted in the last elections, the current council does not accurately represent the student body: Students do not vote for representatives, they do not turn out for referenda on issues like fee increases and they have no faith in the council to run events itself and manage its accounts. The $40,000 in council money that "reappeared" after being lost in a web of poor accounting and the endless discussions of SpringFest bands only indicate the council's inability to manage its own discretionary funds effectively...
...Referenda in Quebec--most recently in 1995--have narrowly opposed Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada. Charest's party, the official opposition in the Quebec parliament, has been outspoken in its opposition to Quebec independence...
Dominguez and Wu would like to improvecommunication between the government and thestudents through polls, referenda, and town-hallmeetings. Dominguez says the council needs tofoster an arena for student discussion of politicsin a format similar to that of the IOP. Accordingto him, the council should sponsor public forumsand invite keynote speakers, visitors from othercampuses, government officials and activists tospeak to students and help them better addresscampus issues...