Senate debates eliminating recurring student fee reaffirmations

The Associated Students 77th Senate debated a bill that would eliminate the need for students to reaffirm certain lock-in fees on the ballot, prompting concerns over student representation at its Nov. 4 meeting. The proposed bill aims to shorten the ballot in order to try and increase voter turnout in the Associated Students (A.S.) elections.Under the current system, students vote to re-affirm lock-in fees every two years, however, the bill proposes exempting fees from needing reaffirmation if it has received an average approval rate of 65% over the past 10 years. Legislation proposed The bill was introduced by Senator and second-year political science major Adeline Nguyen at the request of the Elections Board Chair Annabell Guinan, a second-year global studies and political science double major. According to the legislation, the bill would retroactively apply to all lock-in fees that meet the criterion. Supporters argued the change would simplify the A.S.

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