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University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Student Government Association
Fall 2020 Special Elections ReportDocuSign Envelope ID: EEB9BAEA-1248-49F5-A0FF-8C62336C3303
Voter Turnout
Election Number of Votes Student Population Percentage
P/VP and Senate 2193 24,227 9.05%
University
2419 28,684 8.4 %
Student Trustee
Referendum Yes: 2174
24,227 9.08%
Question No: 27
President / Vice-President – Votes Cast – 2193
(Winner in Bold)
Ticket Number of Votes Percentage of
Votes Cast
Sonya Epstein and Jennie 1175 59.91%
Chang
Kyle Kendall and Christopher 444 23.76%
Figueiredo
Michael Suchecki and Sean 285 14.53%
Vo
Write In 35 1.78%
University Student Trustee – Votes Cast – 2419
(Winner in Bold)
Candidate Number of Votes Percentage of Votes
Cast
Tim Scalona 1984 (7%) 96.4%
Write In 74 3.59%
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Student Government Association Senate
(Winners in Bold; Number of Senators in Italics)
Class of 2021 (10) – Votes Cast – 377 (Winners in Bold)
Candidate Number of Votes Percentage of Votes
Cast
Ivory Moulton 250 66.31%
(Incumbent)
Afia Abrafi 18 4.77%
Lauren Musshorn 10 2.65%
Carla Montilla Jaimes 6 1.59%
Brandon Barker 4 1.06%
Adam Cook 1 0.27%
Spencer Glover 1 0.27%
Aaron Terentiev 1 0.27%
Unregistered Write Ins 86 22.81%
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Class of 2022 (16) – Votes Cast – 498 (Winners in Bold)
Candidate Number of Votes Percentage of Votes
Cast
Isabella Hann 11.05%
250
Julia Fox (Incumbent) 247 10.92 %
Solomon Bennett 10.79%
(Incumbent) 244
Adrienne Ashe 240 10.61%
Jessika Antinori 9.99%
(Incumbent) 226
Amelia Marceau 9.81%
(Incumbent) 222
Eli Rotondo 9.64%
(Incumbent)
218
Renos Zabounidis 9.59%
(Incumbent) 217
Alicia Pedini 9.24%
(Incumbent) 209
Julia Carino 10 2.001%
Tim Puglisi 6 1.2%
Andrew Abramson 6 1.2%
Christopher Smith 3 .60%
Adam Lechowicz 1 .20%
Kenny Wright 1 .20%
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Class of 2023 (17) – Votes Cast – 584 (Winners in Bold)
Candidate Number of Votes Percentage of Votes
Cast
Josh Levine 231 7.5 %
Audrey Gabriel 221 7.17%
(Incumbent)
Meher Gandhi 213 6.91%
(Incumbent)
Natalie Rubin 204 6.62 %
(Incumbent)
John Dacey 187 6.07%
(Incumbent)
Julia Curto 185 6%
(Incumbent)
Annie Chen 182 5.91%
Prabhu Rajkumar 180 5.84%
(Incumbent)
Aliana Liz Tavares 177 5.74%
(Incumbent)
Hewan Weldai 172 5.58%
Shayan Raza 165 5.26 %
Patrick Collins 162 5.26%
(Incumbent)
Affaf Kashif 147 4.77%
Benjamin Katzman 146 4.74%
Nandni Talreja 145 4.7%
Alec Laurent 131 4.25%
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Kobi Falus 122 3.96%
Brian Perlman 98 3.18%
Write In 11 0.35%
Class of 2024 (17) – Votes Cast – 732 (Winners in Bold)
Candidate Number of Votes Percentage Voters Cast
Karen Ghaddar 348 6.03%
Sophia Bloom 314 5.44%
Caroline Tran 303 5.25%
Sarita Chen 265 4.59%
Ellie O'Donnell 235 4.07%
Chris Brady 211 3.66%
Jayda Coren 210 3.64%
Ananya Talwar 208 3.6%
Tulsi Patel 202 3.5%
Afra Rindani 200 3.47%
Ian Harvey 196 3.4%
Zachary Bhattacharjee 194 3.36%
Kaylee Comeau 188 3.26%
Jack Murray 187 3.24%
Melissa Rosa 187 3.24%
Mya Labrecque 185 3.21%
Himanshu Padnani 183 3.17%
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Shelly Singhal 176 3.05%
Avery Marquis 172 2.98%
Dhyaana Samani 164 2.84%
Fiana Herscovici 162 2.81%
Ayomide Osho 155 2.68%
Sophia George 152 2.63%
Sadaf Tokhi 147 2.55%
Samridh Tuteja 137 2.37%
Peter Sullivan 135 2.34%
Colby Myers 134 2.32%
Sovesh Mohapatra 131 2.27%
Lea Mezzanotte 123 2.13%
Keri Dahan 97 1.68%
Referendum Questions Section
Votes Cast: 2242
Referendum Question Yes No
Should the university develop a plan to encourage the
following for professors across all colleges and
2174 27 (1.22 %)
schools: Reflect on the costs of books, printing, and
(98.77
materials for classes during the curriculum development %)
process, removing them where possible. Seek open
textbooks and other free resources, giving preference to
them over more expensive and expiring access codes.
Encourage campus and national leaders to expand
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programs that promote open educational resources.
Provide syllabus drafts or core reading lists as early as
possible to ensure students have ample time to find texts
at a reasonable price. Commit to keeping text editions
consistent so students can exchange, buy, and sell books
to their peers at a lower price and more copies can be
held in library reserves.
Formal Complaints
Num Complaining Date of Course of
Complaint
ber Party Violation Action
1 Potential “bias” in the No Action
campaign flyers Warranted
disseminated by Ellie The
O’Donnell. The
commission
presence of a Bernie
sanders flyer in one of Jayda Coren 9/19/20 could find no
the pictures was cited reason for any
action and no
bylaw that had
been violated
2 Chris Figuerdo was Warning
reported in person A warning was
campaigning outside issued to the
of the Covid testing Carla Montilla 9/21/20
Kelly/Figuerdo
center at Mullins
center ticket as well as
a reminder to
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all other tickets
that no in
person
campaigning is
allowed due to
the pandemic
3 Michael Sucheki was No Action
reported as promoting Warranted
themselves as a TA After reading
during lecture
through past
election reports
Wished to and referencing
remain 9/22/20
Title XVIII
anonymous
bylaws the
commission
deemed nothing
wrong with TA
self promotion
4 Screenshots from a Suspension
discord server showed The Elections
Michael Suchecki Commission
campaigning far before Kyle Kendall 9/24/20 suspended the
the allowed time Suchecki/Vo
period Campaign for 3
hours
5 An endorsement from No Action
Umass RJC for Sonya Warranted
Epstein and Jennie Umass RJC is
Chang was reported not a registered
Kyle Kendall 9/24/20 RSO or SGA
resource the
Epstein/Chang
ticket did not
violate Title 8
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Chapter 21
Section 3
Subsection 2
6 Epstein/Chang ticket No Action
was endorsed by Warranted
RAPMU and Our RAPMU and
Revolution Umass
Our Revolution
Umass are
neither RSOs
Kyle Kendall 9/25/20
nor SGA
resources and
therefore
violates no
bylaws by
endorsing them
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This updated Elections Report was ratified by the Elections Commission
to be true and accurate on September 28, 2020.
9/28/2020
____________________________________
Benjamin Alvarez-Dobrusin, Chancellor of Elections
9/28/2020
___________________________________
LuJuana Jackson, Elections Commissioner
9/28/2020
___________________________________
Chigozie Sumani, Elections Commissioner
9/28/2020
___________________________________
Rhode Alcindor, Elections Commissioner
9/28/2020
___________________________________
Rebecca Louisthelmy, Elections Commissioner
9/28/2020
____________________________________
Mariam Rashid, Elections Commissioner (GSS Appointee)
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