![]() ![]() Jane Ni, the USAC Facilities commissioner, said she thinks the elections board is already doing a good job of working to improve voter turnout. Turnbull added that he was disappointed that the referendum did not pass solely because of low voter turnout. More than 20% of undergraduate students must vote in an election for a referendum to pass. In the 2021 USAC election, 19.82% of undergraduate students voted, which was below the required turnout to pass the Bruin Emergency Relief Fund referendum on the ballot. He said he will work to increase voter turnout for the upcoming election cycle, reorganize the board’s resources and change the board’s response to potential violations of the election code on social media. ![]() Turnbull, a fourth-year political science and statistics student, was the 2020-2021 director of external relations for the elections board. The USA Elections Board chair oversees USAC elections and is responsible for verifying candidate eligibility, establishing the rules of elections, controlling the elections board’s budget and ensuring the election process is fair. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously appointed Palmer Turnbull as the 2021-2022 elections board chair Oct.
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