2014 ASSU Spring Quarter General Election Results

Voter turnout

2011201220132014% change from 2013
All populations5,4524,3694,4645,276+18.1%
Undergraduate4,1683,4763,4203,915+14.4%
Freshman1,3181,0611,1401,219+6.1%
Sophomore1,1528918601,032+20%
Junior8788588491,119+31.8%
Senior and above820666565512-10.1%
Graduate2,0531,4771,0471,078+3.0%
Business59172695+365.4%
Earth Sciences104966089+48.3%
Education38252950+72.4%
Engineering607446450590+31.1%
H&S Humanities61375678+39.3%
H&S Nat Sci13489125106-17.9%
H&S Soc Sci795652100+92.3%
Medicine241145140136-3.0%
Law154136140117-19.7%
Coterm*19313634237+697.1%

* 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 Safety first! Miller/Saba Woodson/Richard Exhausted
1 331 1,263 2,579 0
"Safety first!" is eliminated, and votes are redistributed.
2 1,366 2,698 86
"Miller/Saba" is eliminated. "Woodson/Richard" is elected.

Winner is "Woodson/Richard".

ASSU Graduate Student Council

District

DistrictNameVotesResult
BusinessDurgesh Saraph68Elected
Earth SciencesBryce Anzelmo64Elected
EducationPetr Johanes41Elected
EngineeringDavid Hsu281Elected
EngineeringAdam X190Elected
EngineeringArushi Arora139Not Elected
H&S HumanitiesPau Guinart49Elected
H&S Nat SciTrevor Martin78Elected
MedicineEduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado49Elected
MedicineJames Li42Not Elected
LawSusie Choi105Elected
LawJames Barton2Not Elected
Social SciencesAshveer Pal Singh75Elected

* 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

NameVotesResult
Susie Choi227Already elected in the Law district
Wendy Ni315Elected at-large #1
Trevor Martin315Already elected in the H&S Nat Sci district
David Hsu298Elected at-large #1
James Li284Elected at-large #2
Eduardo Gonzalez-Maldonado240Already elected in the Medicine district
Adam X234Already elected in the Engineering district
Arushi Arora179Elected at-large #3
Ashveer Pal Singh170Already elected in the Social Sciences district
Peter Johanes163Already elected in the Education district
Pau Guinart147Already elected in the Humaities district
Bryce Anzelmo145Already elected in the Earth Sciences district
Sam Bydlon106Elected at-large #4
Durgesh Saraph90Already elected in the business district

ASSU Undergraduate Class Presidents

Sophomore Class President

Bridging The Gap 4People IGNITE17 Connect4 Exhausted
1 172 202 300 366 0
"Bridging The Gap" is eliminated, and votes are redistributed.
2 234 341 415 26
"4People" is eliminated, and votes are redistributed.
3 436 504 69
"IGNITE17" is eliminated, "Connect4" wins.

"Connect4" wins with 504 votes in the third round.

Junior Class President

Round Leland Stanford Juniors The Fellowship Exhausted
1 393 442 0

"The Fellowship" wins with 442 votes in the first round.

Senior Class President

Round SENIORIT15 The League Exhausted
1 337 539 0

"The League" wins with 539 votes in the first round.

ASSU Undergraduate Senate

#VotesResultName
11412ElectedJohn-Lancaster Finley
21242ElectedBen Holston
31220ElectedRachel Samuels
41185ElectedVictoria Kalumbi
51012ElectedMalcom Lizzappi
6987ElectedAmartya Das
7986ElectedMohamed Elmalik
8985ElectedJackson Hart Beard
9889ElectedKenneth Tea
10867ElectedAndrew Aude
11833ElectedDavid Wintermeyer
12800ElectedEric Theis
13726ElectedAna Ordoñez
14646ElectedAnthony Ghosn
15593ElectedLuka Fatuesi
16559Not ElectedJason Lopata
17536Not ElectedNathan Kondamuri
17536Not ElectedLeo Bird
18474Not ElectedChristopher Middleton
19440Not ElectedAli Gali
20373Not ElectedGerardo Rendon Gonzalez
21360Not ElectedLouis Brion
22264Not ElectedRamah Awad
23206Not ElectedWinfield Brown
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.

GroupYesNo% yes"yes" votes as % of UG student bodyResult
Stanford Quidditch 1156 1353 46.07% 16.86% Not approved
Stanford Harmonics 1242 1080 53.49% 18.11% Approved by voters
Mixed Company 1474 993 59.75% 21.49% Approved by voters
L'Chayim Club: Chabad at Stanford 1286 865 59.79% 18.75% Approved by voters
Stanford Film Society 1422 928 60.51% 20.73% Approved by voters
Stanford Mendicants 1523 976 60.94% 22.21% Approved by voters
FLiCKS 1648 1030 61.54% 24.03% Approved by voters
Stanford Axe Committee 1586 983 61.74% 23.13% Approved by voters
Viannese Ball Committee 1503 923 61.95% 21.92% Approved by voters
Latinos Unidos 1497 785 65.60% 21.83% Approved by voters
Viennese Ball Committee 1450 720 66.82% 21.71% Approved by voters
Stanford Martial Arts Program 1503 778 65.89% 21.92% Approved by voters
Basmati Raas 1517 783 65.96% 22.12% Approved by voters
Stanford Mock Trial 1544 789 66.18% 22.51% Approved by voters
Stanford Bhangra Team 1562 791 66.38% 22.78% Approved by voters
Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford 1531 751 67.09% 22.32% Approved by voters
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) 1566 752 67.56% 22.83% Approved by voters
Los Salseros de Stanford 1607 765 67.75% 23.43% Approved by voters
KZSU Stanford 1763 795 68.92% 25.71% Approved by voters
The Stanford News Readership Program 1644 733 69.16% 23.97% Approved by voters
Stanford Taiko 1733 769 69.26% 25.27% Approved by voters
Stanford Jazz Consortium 1644 696 70.26% 23.97% Approved by voters
Muslim Student Awareness Network 1681 710 70.31% 24.51% Approved by voters
Jewish Students Association 1718 723 70.38% 25.05% Approved by voters
Stanford Concert Network 1976 813 70.85% 28.81% Approved by voters
Stanford American Indian Organization 1705 682 71.43% 24.86% Approved by voters
Asian American Students Association 1789 713 71.50% 26.09% Approved by voters
Stanford Student Space Initiative 1705 678 71.55% 24.86% Approved by voters
Student Organizing Committee for the Arts 1732 686 71.63% 25.26% Approved by voters
Stanford Robotics Club 1776 695 71.87% 25.90% Approved by voters
Society for International Affairs at Stanford 1754 639 73.30% 25.58% Approved by voters
Barrio Assistance 1735 626 73.49% 25.30% Approved by voters
Stanford Wind Ensemble 1807 649 73.57% 26.35% Approved by voters
Stanford Black Student Union 1866 666 73.70% 27.21% Approved by voters
International Undergraduate Community 1772 630 73.77% 25.84% Approved by voters
VILA - Volunteers in Latin America 1783 631 73.86% 26.00% Approved by voters
Stanford Jazz Orchestra 1813 634 74.09% 26.44% Approved by voters
Stanford Shakespeare Company 1872 650 74.23% 27.30% Approved by voters
Stanford Solar Car Project 1957 642 75.30% 28.54% Approved by voters
Stanford Educational Studies Program 1800 563 76.17% 26.25% Approved by voters
Stanford National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1986 593 77.01% 28.96% Approved by voters
Stanford Dance Marathon 2103 593 78.00% 30.66% Approved by voters
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band 2268 626 78.37% 33.07% Approved by voters
The Stanford Daily 2298 581 79.82% 33.51% Approved by voters
Stanford in Government 2116 500 80.89% 30.85% Approved by voters
Stanford Symphony Orchestra 2160 476 81.94% 31.50% Approved by voters
Alternative Spring Break 2397 455 84.05% 34.95% Approved by voters
First Generation and/or Low-Income Partnership (FLIP) 2359 413 85.10% 34.40% Approved by voters
Sexual Health Peer Resource Center (SHPRC) 2632 371 87.65% 38.38% 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 14948 currently registered Stanford students; thus, each Special Fee requires 50% approval of each student body as well as 2243 "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.

GroupUG yesUG noUG % yes G yesG noG % yesCoterm yes"yes" votes as % of entire student bodyResult
Stanford African Students Association 1817 615 74.71% 502 447 52.90% 104 14.24% Not Approved by Voters
Stanford Speakers Bureau 2164 468 82.22% 613 371 62.30% 137 16.97% Approved By Voters
Stanford Outdoors 2139 484 81.55% 733 321 69.54% 146 17.53% Approved by Voters
Legal Counseling Office 2063 451 82.06% 812 230 77.93% 140 17.59% Approved By Voters
Stanford Club Sports 2399 456 84.03% 565 467 54.75% 151 18.09% Approved By Voters
Cardinal Free Clinics 2594 256 91.02% 927 174 84.20% 161 21.60% Approved by Voters

Referenda


Fossil Fuel Divestment

In accordance with Stanford's commitment to ethical investment, the university should divest its endowment from fossil fuel extraction companies in order to avert further environmental and social harm caused by climate change.

StatementVotes
Support2,373
Oppose789
Abstain740

Amendments


SAFE Reform

The following proposed constitutional amendment was approved by the Undergraduate Senate, and will therefore appear on the ballot in the Spring Quarter Election. A vote in favor illustrates your support of the following statement and of the implementation the corresponding changes to the ASSU Constitution.

We, the undergraduate students of Stanford University, hereby enact SAFE Reform in order to lower the student fee, better utilize every dollar paid to the ASSU, and provide a more effective funding system for student organizations. The new funding system enacted through SAFE Reform shall begin operating in the 2015-16 school year.


The full text of the proposal can be found here.


The executive summary of the proposal can be found here.


StatementResponses
Support1,523
Oppose1,483
Abstain895