Senate unanimously passed a resolution declaring support for early voting locations on college campuses Tuesday night.
The UF Student Government Senate might advocate for on-campus early voting locations soon.
Impact Party senators will chair all UF Senate’s committees, including the budget committee, which allocates about $20 million to student organizations.
Campaign finance reports indicate Impact Party spent about nine times more and Inspire Party spent about seven times more than their competitor, Challenge Party, in the recent Student Government election.
Former Senate President Ian Green choked up in his goodbye speech Tuesday night.
The UF Student Government Senate Judiciary Standing Committee unanimously passed seven resolutions and failed one amendment Sunday.
Minutes after Ian Green won the Student Government presidential election for Impact Party, his friends congratulated and hugged him and his mom wiped the tears that streamed down his face with a tissue.
For the third year in a row, Impact Party will have another executive ticket in office.
Anthony Neher collected four “I Voted!” stickers in Marston Science Library to take back to his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, to win a prize. He said it’s normal for Greek life students to vote for Impact Party.
Although the Student Government codes specify the Elections Commission should be made up of six members, seven people acting as members discussed and voted on three election code violations at a meeting Monday night.
Voting for Student Government elections starts today. Polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. today and Wednesday at 11 locations across campus.
When Chase Werther started at UF, she knew she wanted to be in SG.
After her parents fled from Uganda and political oppression in the 1970s, Shayli Patel has worked every day to make them proud.
Janae Moodie learned to count her blessings in kindergarten when her dad survived the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11.
UF College Democrats hosted the third and final Student Government debate before elections Tuesday.
Editor's Note: Below is a transcription of the debate that happened Feb. 13. If you see any errors, please email editor@alligator.org.
Dozens of anonymous people told the same story.
In a fiery debate between the candidates from three UF political parties, Student Body president hopefuls bickered about politics and the tokenization of minorities.
Student Government’s Impact Party chose to continue supporting one of its candidates despite learning about his prior criminal charges after questions from The Alligator on Tuesday.
Challenge Party presidential candidate Janae Moodie falsely denied serving on a 2016 Senate committee focused on online voting during a debate Sunday.
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