Thursday, April 19, 2007
Thoughts on referenda
I'll talk about candidates later.
I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I'm pretty sure they support the fact that, had all TGIF "No" voters instead not voted at all, the TGIF fee would have failed. That's how fucked up the 20% turnout requirement is: You can pass a fee by voting "No" on it. It would make so much more sense to have a "Yes" turnout requirement, e.g. "a fee cannot be considered passed by the student body if less than 20% of the student body voted for it."
Since DAAP lost (and pretty badly, too), I'll have to do their job and claim credit for the failure of those fee referenda. I gave the Daily Cal endorsement forum speech against them, and had "Vote No on Fee Raises" as my Student Advocate nickname, so I'm sure it's my accomplishment.
Josh Daniels and the University: You LOSE! Hahahaha! Losers! You suck! Next time you want the ASUC to bend over for you, make sure you abuse university resources better. Oh, I mean, next time you want a cooperation, actually agree to cooperate.
The Greek amendment failed because I really doubt anyone had any clue what it did, and just said "God, I hate those fucking Greeks with their screaming and their horns." Maybe a campaign to tell folks about it might have helped. Then again, it might not have.
The Polling Locations amendment failed, perhaps due to a similar lack of campaign. I'm pretty sure it was brought down by the fee increases. There were folks I talked to who voted "No" on everything because they were sick of these fees. While this is understandable, the amendment for polling locations did not raise fees, and actually would save money, but folks didn't really pick up on it.
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