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Undergraduate Council (UC) presidential elections are funded by public UC money. With six tickets in the mix this year—twice last year’s three tickets—our electoral buffet comes with a hefty price tag: $2,400 to be exact. While it might be tempting to find ways to cut that number down—either by increasing the barriers to enter the race or reducing the amount given to each team—we are convinced that the money spent this time of year is well worth it. All it takes...
This year, seven tickets declared their intention to run for UC president and vice president, the most in recent memory. Although one ticket has dropped out of the race, the high number of tickets only hurts the quality of debate and confuses voters. The UC Election Commission (EC) needs to make it more difficult to get on the ballot...
...this in a number of simple ways. First, the EC should dramatically increase the number of signatures required to get on the ballot. Second, the EC should allow students only to sign for one ticket; currently the names and signatures are only vetted to make sure the signatories are in fact current undergraduates. Candidates who are fully invested in running should still have no trouble getting on the ballot...
...another. Supporters of Ali A. Zaidi ’08 began postering early yesterday morning, following a midnight kickoff event that drew a crowd of over 50 to the Lowell House Junior Common Room. Zaidi spent a slice of the $400 the Undergraduate Council (UC) allots per presidential ticket to buy two 10-pound pies from Unique Pizza and Subs to feed his flock. “A rocking chair moves but it doesn’t go anywhere,” said Zaidi, frustrated with what he said he sees as the Council’s insularity. Zaidi, whose...
Omar A. Musa ’08 and Daniel Ross-Rieder ’08 withdrew from the Undergraduate Council presidential and vice-presidential race yesterday, bringing the number of tickets for this year’s contest down to six. In a resignation statement released yesterday, the candidates cited the bureaucratic nature of the Undergraduate Council (UC) and their lack of Council experience as the two main reasons for their withdrawal—writing that they had entered the race “drunk with idealism.” Their resignation leaves Tim R. Hwang...