It didn’t take long for the student government election to spiral out of control. Before voting even began, it came to light that the Social Justice Referendum campaign had outspent the agreed-upon campaign finance limit nearly tenfold. Read more...

Photo: The Social Justice Referendum of 2016 continued campaigning Tuesday after an all-day sanction was suspended by the USAC Judicial Board. While the referendum’s campaign claimed the sanction was unfair, its disregard for the electionwide rules it previously agreed to follow threatens student democracy in the future. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)

There’s been a lot of kerfuffle over incumbent United Students Association Council External Vice President Zach Helder’s tenure, and at the center of the fuss is his use of the term “depoliticized” to describe his vision of the office. Read more...

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