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Spring 2007 Campus Election

Election Results
 Overall Voter Turnout

  Total Eligible Voters Ballots Cast Percent Voter Turnout
Undergraduate 13012 4784 36.77%
Graduate 1339 436 32.56%
Total 14351 5220 36.37%


 Fee Measure Results

Note: Abstain votes are not shown. The percent in the total column represents the percentage
of eligible voters who cast either 'yes' or 'no' votes for that particular measure or opinion poll.


Measure 30 (U): Learning Support Services Sustainability Fee

PASSED
  Votes Percent
Yes 2647 61.62%
No 1649 38.38%
Total Turnout 4296 33.02%


Measure 31 (U, G): Athletics Funding Measure

PASSED
  Votes Percent
Yes 3406 67.01%
No 1677 32.99%
Total Turnout 5083 35.42%


Measure 32 (U, G): Physical Education Program

PASSED
  Votes Percent
Yes 3725 75.01%
No 1241 24.99%
Total Turnout 4966 34.60%


Measure 33 (G): Graduate Student Government Fee Increase

PASSED
  Votes Percent
Yes 306 71.00%
No 125 29.00%
Total Turnout 431 32.19%


 SUA Officer Results

Chair

  Votes Percent
Sean M. Perry 1394 44.44%
Christi Marie Suchil 1743 55.56%


Internal Vice Chair

  Votes Percent
Samantha R. Baker 1662 55.38%
Eric R. Street, Jr. 1339 44.62%


External Vice Chair

  Votes Percent
Hailey Snow 2921 100.00%


Commisioner of Academic Affairs

  Votes Percent
Jamal Atiba 1521 51.32%
Perla Miranda 1443 48.68%


Organizing Director

  Votes Percent
David Jr. Partida Borrego 2828 100.00%


Commisioner of Diversity

  Votes Percent
Solymar Sola-Negron 2779 100.00%


 Opinion Poll Results

Do you think the campus does enough to promote a diverse student population?

  Votes Percent
Yes 1455 33.89%
No 2026 47.19%
Don't have enough information on the topic 812 18.91%


Do you think Affirmative Action has an impact in your life on campus?

  Votes Percent
Yes, because of my cultural background 1018 30.01%
No, because of my cultural background 1347 39.71%
Yes, because there is no such thing as Affirmative Action 308 9.08%
No, because there is no such thing as Affirmative Action 719 21.20%


Do you feel physically safe being on campus at night?

  Votes Percent
No, there is no sort of protection that I am aware of 349 8.34%
No, the campus is too dark at night and very difficult to get around 801 19.14%
Yes, I can take care of myself 1461 34.90%
Yes, I know how to get around campus 1575 37.63%


Should the University of California or their affiliate labs research, design, or produce nuclear weapons?

  Votes Percent
Yes 605 14.18%
No 3179 74.48%
Don't have enough information on the topic 484 11.34%


I feel that student labor on campus should be unionized

  Votes Percent
Yes 2005 48.32%
No 903 21.76%
Don't have enough information on the topic 1241 29.91%


Do you feel learning about race and ethnicity is important?

  Votes Percent
Yes 3511 83.62%
No 518 12.34%
Don't have enough information on the topic 170 4.05%


Do you feel that, because students have been fighting for an Ethnic Studies Department for over 25 years, UCSC should make an Ethnic Studies program available to interested students?

  Votes Percent
Yes 3273 77.69%
No 465 11.04%
Don't have enough information on the topic 475 11.27%


Do you believe that students should have power in deciding and shaping academic policy at UCSC?

  Votes Percent
Yes 3687 86.21%
No 336 7.86%
Don't have enough information on the topic 254 5.94%


Do you believe that students should have power in hiring faculty at UCSC?

  Votes Percent
Yes 2302 54.24%
No 1193 28.11%
Don't have enough information on the topic 749 17.65%


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If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the content of the fee referenda portion of this ballot, please contact Lucy Rojas, Elections Commissioner, Student Affairs, at 459-1676 or larojas@ucsc.edu.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding the content of the Student Union Assembly officer elections portion of this ballot, please contact the Student Union Assembly at (831)459-4838 or suaofficers@ucsc.edu.

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