2013 ASSU Spring Quarter General Election Results
Voter turnout
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | % change from 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All populations | 5,804 | 5,452 | 4,369 | 4,464 | +2.2% |
| Undergraduate | 3,872 | 4,168 | 3,476 | 3,420 | -1.6% |
| Freshman | 1292 | 1,318 | 1,061 | 1,140 | +7.4% |
| Sophomore | 960 | 1,152 | 891 | 860 | -3.5% |
| Junior | 842 | 878 | 858 | 849 | -1.0% |
| Senior and above | 778 | 820 | 666 | 565 | -15.2% |
| Graduate | 2,053 | 1,477 | 1,047 | 1,078 | +3.0% |
| Business | 44 | 59 | 17 | 26 | +52.9% |
| Earth Sciences | 127 | 104 | 96 | 60 | -37.5% |
| Education | 54 | 38 | 25 | 29 | +16.0% |
| Engineering | 889 | 607 | 446 | 450 | +0.9% |
| H&S Humanities | 71 | 61 | 37 | 56 | +51.4% |
| H&S Nat Sci | 249 | 134 | 89 | 125 | +40.4% |
| H&S Soc Sci | 101 | 79 | 56 | 52 | -7.1% |
| Medicine | 330 | 241 | 145 | 140 | -3.4% |
| Law | 188 | 154 | 136 | 140 | +2.9% |
| Coterm* | 121 | 193 | 136 | 34 | -75.0% |
* A coterm is a student who is both a currently registered undergraduate student and graduate student. They are eligible to vote on both undergrad and grad issues. The total voter turnout is calculated as follows: Undergrad-only + Grad-only – Coterm. This is to avoid double-counting coterms, who are included in both the undergrad and grad lines.
Note 1: Graduate student vote counts for each district are based on the district in which students chose to vote for their GSC reps. Grad students may belong to multiple districts but may only vote for GSC reps in one district.
ASSU Executive
| Round | A Pedagogy of Self-Discovery | Gomez-Patino | Ashton/Gallagher | Exhausted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 214 | 1513 | 1830 | 0 | ||
| "A Pedagogy of Self-Discovery" is eliminated, and votes are redistributed. | ||||||
| 2 | 1568 | 1929 | 39 | |||
| "Gomez-Patino" is eliminated. "Ashton/Gallagher" is elected. | ||||||
Winner is "Ashton/Gallagher".
ASSU Graduate Student Council
District
| District | Name | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | * (five-way tie) | 1 | Pending |
| Earth Sciences | Bryce Anzelmo | 42 | Elected |
| Education | Petr Johanes | 15 | Elected |
| Education | Chris Piech | 5 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | Wendy Ni | 133 | Elected |
| Engineering | Ateeq Suria | 86 | Elected |
| Engineering | David Hsu | 80 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | AX | 71 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | Austin Hay | 70 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | Saad Bhamla | 55 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | June Lee | 35 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | Patricia AuBuchon | 34 | Not Elected |
| Engineering | Johnny Giorgis | 20 | Not Elected |
| H&S Humanities | Adrienne Rose Johnson | 17 | Elected |
| H&S Humanities | Vladimir Troyansky | 13 | Not Elected |
| H&S Humanities | Willys DeVoll | 12 | Not Elected |
| H&S Nat Sci | Trevor Martin | 84 | Elected |
| H&S Soc Sci | Ashveer Pal Singh | 37 | Elected |
| Medicine | Eduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado | 93 | Elected |
| Law | Susie Choi | 78 | Elected |
| Law | Paul Harold | 57 | Not Elected |
* A tie between write-in candidates has occurred in this position. The result of the election is pending.
** A write-in candidate has won this position. The result of the election is pending acceptance and declaration of intent to serve.
At-Large
| Name | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Wendy Ni | 227 | Already elected in the Engineering district |
| Susie Choi | 218 | Already elected in the Law district |
| David Hsu | 178 | Elected at-large #1 |
| Trevor Martin | 165 | Already elected in the H&S Nat Sci district |
| Paul Harold | 163 | Elected at-large #2 |
| Eduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado | 162 | Already elected in the Medicine district |
| AX | 155 | Elected at-large #3 |
| Ateeq Suria | 150 | Already elected in the Engineering district |
| Austin Hay | 134 | Elected at-large #4 |
| Adrienne Rose Johnson | 132 | Already elected in the H&S Humanities district |
| Saad Bhamla | 127 | Elected at-large #5 |
| Petr Johanes | 111 | Already elected in the Education district |
| Vladimir Troyansky | 98 | Not Elected |
| June Lee | 94 | Not Elected |
| Ashveer Pal Singh | 82 | Already elected in the H&S Soc Sci |
| Anilesh K. Krishnaswamy | 74 | Not Elected |
| Patricia AuBuchon | 70 | Not Elected |
| Chris Piech | 61 | Not Elected |
| Willys DeVoll | 56 | Not Elected |
| Bryce Anzelmo | 54 | Already elected in the Earth Sciences district |
| Johnny Giorgis | 48 | Not Elected |
ASSU Undergraduate Class Presidents
Sophomore Class President
| Round | SophServe | Cardinal Direction | Exhausted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 493 | 559 | 0 |
"Cardinal Direction" wins with 559 votes in the first round.
Junior Class President
| Round | Junior Mints | take15 | Exhausted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 242 | 506 | 0 |
"take15" wins with 506 votes in the first round.
Senior Class President
| Round | PAC-14 | SenYOUR Time | Exhausted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 257 | 485 | 0 |
"SenYOUR" wins with 485 votes in the first round.
ASSU Undergraduate Senate
| # | Votes | Result | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1132 | Elected | Abby Dow |
| 2 | 1083 | Elected | Brandon Caruso |
| 3 | 1077 | Elected | Natasha Patel |
| 4 | 1072 | Elected | John-Lancaster Finley |
| 5 | 1044 | Elected | Hisham Al-Falih |
| 6 | 956 | Elected | Ben Holston |
| 7 | 955 | Elected | Annalis K. Breed |
| 8 | 944 | Elected | Angela Zhang |
| 9 | 926 | Elected | Eliaf Osman |
| 10 | 913 | Elected | Ryan Matsumoto |
| 11 | 842 | Elected | Avery W. Haskell |
| 12 | 686 | Elected | Zane Hellman |
| 13 | 627 | Elected | Ilya Mouzykantskii |
| 14 | 619 | Elected | Brianna Brown |
| 15 | 557 | Elected | Nikos Liodakis |
| 16 | 453 | Not Elected | Zachary P. Johnson |
| 17 | 448 | Not Elected | Eric Wilson |
| 18 | 426 | Not Elected | Sister Travis Sanchez |
| 19 | 414 | Not Elected | Lauren Benner |
| 20 | 381 | Not Elected | Matthew Chen |
| 21 | 379 | Not Elected | McKenzie Andrews |
| 22 | 372 | Not Elected | Miles Lichtman |
| 23 | 366 | Not Elected | Revanth Kosaraju |
| 24 | 351 | Not Elected | Nitish Kulkarni |
| 25 | 133 | Not Elected | Senator Palpatine |
| Other write-ins had fewer than 50 votes. | |||
Special Fees
Undergraduate-only Special Fees
Undergraduate-only Special Fees need at least 50% approval by voters and at least 15% approval of all students eligible to vote on them. Currently, 6678 students are registered as undergraduates (including coterms). Thus, undergraduate Special Fees require approval by 50% of the students voting on them, as well as 1002 "yes" votes. These conditions are from the ASSU Constitution, Article V, Section 2(E). See our Special Fees page for more general information.
| Group | Yes | No | % yes | "yes" votes as % of UG student body | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Chayim Club | 1021 | 871 | 53.96% | 15.29% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Harmonics | 1207 | 916 | 56.85% | 18.07% | Approved by voters |
| Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) | 1262 | 761 | 62.38% | 18.90% | Approved by voters |
| Leland Quarterly | 1260 | 757 | 62.47% | 18.87% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Mixed Company | 1407 | 811 | 63.44% | 21.07% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Film Society | 1350 | 778 | 63.44% | 20.22% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Martial Arts Program | 1355 | 705 | 65.78% | 20.29% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Dil Se - Hindi Film Dance | 1379 | 714 | 65.89% | 20.65% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Axe Committee | 1492 | 768 | 66.02% | 22.34% | Approved by voters |
| Muslim Student Awareness Network | 1382 | 693 | 66.60% | 20.69% | Approved by voters |
| Viennese Ball Committee | 1450 | 720 | 66.82% | 21.71% | Approved by voters |
| Basmati Raas | 1420 | 685 | 67.46% | 21.26% | Approved by voters |
| Sunday FLiCKS | 1647 | 794 | 67.47% | 24.66% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Bhangra | 1459 | 693 | 67.80% | 21.85% | Approved by voters |
| Jewish Students Association | 1471 | 669 | 68.74% | 22.03% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford African Students Association (SASA) | 1426 | 648 | 68.76% | 21.35% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Mock Trial | 1486 | 655 | 69.41% | 22.25% | Approved by voters |
| Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford | 1473 | 643 | 69.61% | 22.06% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford American Indian Organization | 1462 | 636 | 69.69% | 21.89% | Approved by voters |
| Latinos Unidos de Stanford | 1466 | 633 | 69.84% | 21.95% | Approved by voters |
| KZSU Stanford 90.1FM | 1602 | 689 | 69.93% | 23.99% | Approved by voters |
| Asian American Students' Association | 1550 | 649 | 70.49% | 23.21% | Approved by voters |
| Society for International Affairs at Stanford | 1458 | 589 | 71.23% | 21.83% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Fleet Street Singers | 1724 | 648 | 72.68% | 25.82% | Approved by voters |
| Black Student Union | 1648 | 597 | 73.41% | 24.68% | Approved by voters |
| Educational Studies Program (SPLASH) | 1555 | 563 | 73.42% | 23.29% | Approved by voters |
| Cardinal Ballet Company | 1564 | 565 | 73.46% | 23.42% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 1626 | 587 | 73.47% | 24.35% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford News Readership Program | 1587 | 569 | 73.61% | 23.76% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Women in Business | 1677 | 589 | 74.01% | 25.11% | Approved by voters |
| Green Living Council | 1706 | 578 | 74.69% | 25.55% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Shakespeare Company | 1663 | 559 | 74.84% | 24.90% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Wind Ensemble | 1635 | 542 | 75.10% | 24.48% | Approved by voters |
| Barrio Assistance | 1582 | 502 | 75.91% | 23.69% | Approved by voters |
| Volunteers in Latin America | 1715 | 531 | 76.36% | 25.68% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Solar Car Project | 1802 | 535 | 77.11% | 26.98% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Jazz Orchestra | 1695 | 494 | 77.43% | 25.38% | Approved by voters |
| Queer/Straight Alliance | 1837 | 527 | 77.71% | 27.51% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford in Government | 1804 | 498 | 78.37% | 27.01% | Approved by voters |
| Students for a Sustainable Stanford | 1822 | 491 | 78.77% | 27.28% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Dance Marathon | 1941 | 513 | 79.10% | 29.07% | Approved by voters |
| Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band | 2107 | 521 | 80.18% | 31.55% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Concert Network | 1975 | 463 | 81.01% | 29.57% | Approved by voters |
| The Stanford Daily | 2135 | 480 | 81.64% | 31.97% | Approved by voters |
| FLIP (First Generation and/or Low-Income Partnership) | 1966 | 437 | 81.81% | 29.44% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Symphony Orchestra | 1942 | 411 | 82.53% | 29.08% | Approved by voters |
| Alternative Spring Break | 2124 | 436 | 82.97% | 31.81% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Flipside | 2198 | 431 | 83.61% | 32.91% | Approved by voters |
| Sexual Health Peer Resource Center | 2359 | 271 | 89.70% | 35.32% | Approved by voters |
| The Bridge Peer Counseling Center | 2477 | 219 | 91.88% | 37.09% | Approved by voters |
Joint Special Fees
Joint Special Fees need at least 50% approval by grad voters and 50% approval by undergrad voters, considered separately, and at least 15% approval of all Stanford students considered as a whole (not 15% in each population). There are 15531 currently registered Stanford students; thus, each Special Fee requires 50% approval of each student body as well as 2329 "yes" votes. Note: UG and G numbers both include coterms, since a coterm is a member of each population. Coterms are subtracted before calculating the "Approved by voters votes as % of student body" so that they are not double counted.
| Group | UG yes | UG no | UG % yes | G yes | G no | G % yes | Coterm yes | "yes" votes as % of entire student body | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Counseling Office | 1720 | 440 | 79.63% | 620 | 227 | 73.20% | 27 | 14.89% | Not approved |
| Stanford University Speakers Bureau | 1871 | 410 | 82.03% | 493 | 317 | 60.86% | 25 | 15.06% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Club Sports | 2071 | 413 | 83.37% | 436 | 415 | 51.23% | 25 | 15.98% | Approved by voters |
| Stanford Outdoors | 1876 | 449 | 80.69% | 644 | 267 | 70.69% | 24 | 16.07% | Approved by voters |
| Cardinal Free Clinics | 2312 | 250 | 90.24% | 754 | 168 | 81.78% | 30 | 19.55% | Approved by voters |
Amendments
(Undergraduate students only)
Amendment A
The proposed amendment to the ASSU constitution.
Current ASSU Constitution, Article II §3.A reads as follows:
The ASSU Constitution, Article II §3.A is amended to read:
Current ASSU Constitution, Article II §3.A reads as follows:
- The fifteen members of the Undergraduate Senate shall be elected from and shall represent the undergraduate population.
- Each member of the undergraduate population voting may cast one vote for as many Undergraduate Senate seats as are assigned to the undergraduate population.
- The candidates equal in number to the number of available Undergraduate Senate seats who receive the largest number of votes shall become members of the Undergraduate Senate.
- If at any time more than one-third of the Undergraduate Senate seats are vacant, the Undergraduate Senate shall immediately call a special election to fill all vacant seats.
The ASSU Constitution, Article II §3.A is amended to read:
- The fifteen members of the Undergraduate Senate shall be elected from and shall represent the undergraduate population.
- Each member of the undergraduate population voting may cast one vote for as many Undergraduate Senate seats as are assigned to the undergraduate population.
- The upperclass candidates who receive the highest number of votes among all upperclass candidates shall become members of the Undergraduate Senate.
- This section shall only apply to Undergraduate Senate elections in which all fifteen seats are available for election.
- An upperclass candidate is a candidate who anticipates holding academic status as an Undergraduate Junior or higher, as defined by the University Registrar, at the beginning of Fall Quarter of the year of the majority of his/her term. In case of dispute, decisions regarding whether a candidate is an upperclass candidate shall be made by the Elections Commission.
- In order to be elected under this section, upperclass candidates must have petitioned for the required amount of signatures as set by the Elections Commission.
- The number of upperclass candidates elected under this section shall be defined in the Undergraduate Senate By-Laws. The resolution of ties shall also be set in the Undergraduate Senate By-Laws.
- Any upperclass candidates who are not elected under this section may be elected under section 4.
- After the upperclass candidates have been seated, all remaining available seats shall be filled by the remaining candidates who receive the largest number of votes, up to the maximum fifteen members.
- If at any time more than one-third of the Undergraduate Senate seats are vacant, the Undergraduate Senate shall immediately call a special election to fill all vacant seats
| Statement | Responses |
|---|---|
| Yes | 1,458 |
| No | 466 |
| Abstain | 1,495 |
Amendment A passes.