The Student Election Board released unofficial results for the student government elections Thursday afternoon. The results included the new student trustee, Illinois Student Council president and vice president, college-specific representatives and senators as well as referendum questions.
Jaden Campbell and Ethan Lopez, both juniors in LAS, won the seats of ISC president and vice president, winning over 54% of voters. The Daily Illini spoke with the pair earlier this week about their campaign.
Campbell and Lopez ousted the current ISC president, Gabi DalSanto, junior in ACES. DalSanto was running alongside a new vice presidential candidate this year, Omer Mohsin, junior in LAS.
Gabi Stewart, sophomore in LAS, won the seat of student trustee. The student trustee acts as a student representative for the Urbana-Champaign campus on the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees.
Students elected 24 college-specific student representatives to the Illinois Student Council.
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25 student senators were elected to the University Senate, which comprises 200 faculty, 50 students and 10 academic professional members.
Seven undergraduate students and one graduate student were elected to the Student Organization Resource Fee Board, which organizes and designates funding to registered student organizations.
Students also voted on several non-binding referendum questions, which gauge student support for certain causes but do not enact the changes they describe.
Students voted to support most fees, including the Campus Transportation Fee, Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee, Legacy of Service and Learning Scholarship Fee, Sustainable Campus Environment Fee, Fee for Independent Student Government Funding and the Collegiate Readership Fee.
However, students voted “no” to the Illinois Campus App Fee, which would leverage a $10 fee each semester to support the Illinois App. 64.1% of students voted to reject the referendum.
One referendum asked students to approve the new Illinois Student Government constitution, which was supported by 93.3% of voters. Another student government-focused question asked if Student Election Code amendments should be made exclusively by a student-led entity, and was supported by 81.7% of students.
Other questions asked students to support University divestment from fossil fuels manufacturers, University involvement in the Champaign County Reparations Commission and a reduction in service requirements for the Legacy of Service and Learning Scholarship. All three were supported by the majority of voters.
Finally, a question asked students if they believe the University Policy on Expressive Activity on Campus infringes on students’ free speech. 83.6% of students voted “yes”.
Results will undergo violation hearings and appeals before being officially released on Feb. 27.
