Campus Elections 2025
Important Dates:
Proposed Ballot Initiatives Due: Wednesday, February 5th
Election Dates: Monday, April 28th- Friday, May 9th, 2025
The Dean of Students Office is pleased to announce the 2025 campus elections process. Students, staff, and faculty will have the opportunity to propose new campus-based fees, propose amendments to existing campus-based fee measures, propose amendments to the Student Union Assembly (SUA) constitution, or survey the student community using an opinion poll—- all of which can be placed on the official ballot for the 2025 campus election. You can view the full timeline for the proposing referenda for the 2025 ballot HERE
Mandatory Viewing: Election Orientation Slides
If you are interested in initiating a referendum for the 2025 Campus Elections, please review these Mandatory Election Orientation slides below. The orientation slides provide an overview of the Campus Elections process, timeline, relevant policies, and include resources and guidance on how to author a referendum, opinion poll, or amendment.
It is mandatory to view the entire recording in full if you plan to propose a ballot initiative and that you will be asked to certify that you’ve viewed it when you submit your application to place an item on the ballot. If a team of students is working in collaboration with a campus administrative unit, we encourage them to view the orientation recording as well.
2025 Campus Elections Applications
All potential referenda authors are also required to submit a completed 2025 Campus Elections Application. Additionally, if an author is proposing a new student fee OR proposing an amendment to an existing student fee measure, they are also required to submit the Supplemental Fee Measure Referenda Form. Please note that submission of this application along with draft referendum language for those groups proposing new referenda for the 2025 ballot is Wednesday, February 5, 2025 by 11:59 p.m.
IMPORTANT RESOURCES
- The excel budget template to assist you in developing your budget for a fee measure. You may direct questions about the template or other budget issues to Lisa Bishop (libishop@ucsc.edu).
- The full campus elections policy.
- Helpful links to recent examples of ballot language for fee measures, an opinion poll, and a SUA constitutional amendment.
- Examples of various fee measures from previous elections cycles in the campus elections archive.
For more information or to request accommodations please contact Travis S. Becker, Campus Elections Commissioner and Associate Dean of Students for Leadership and Engagement at trbecker@ucsc.edu.
Spring 2024 Election Results
2024 Graduate Student Association (GSA) Results
2024 Student Fee Measure Results
2024 Student Union Assembly (SUA) Officer Results
2024 SUA At-Large Representative Results
2024 SUA Organization Representative Results
2024 SUA Constitutional Amendment Results
