Elections Applications are available

On Thursday, February 11, applications for proposing a referendum and running for 2021-22 academic year GSA executive positions officially opened. You can learn more about these wonderful opportunities to serve your fellow graduate students on our GSA Organizational Structure Page. You can also read the Codes of GSA.
The executive position application deadline is Thursday, March 11 at noon. The deadline for proposing a referendum is Monday, March 01 at noon.
Please note that a mandatory candidate and campaign orientation for the executive positions will be held on the same day (Friday, March 12) at 7:00 PM online (over Zoom). All candidates and representatives are required to attend.

Positions

The GSA Elections are held each year for four positions: President, Vice President-Internal Affairs, Vice President-External Affairs, and Vice President-Academic Affairs. Descriptions of officer duties are listed below. All the elected officers also earn a monthly stipend.

Eligibility

All registered graduate or professional students in good standing are eligible to run for one of the four positions listed above.

How to apply

If you are interested, please send an email to elections@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu. We will share a unique Google Doc which you will need to fill out in order to apply. Also, we have reduced the number of students who need to support your nomination to 25 this year. A sample form is available here.

Important Dates (2021):

February 11	Applications available. Referenda applications available.
March 01	Referenda appplications due.
March 11	Position Applications due at 12pm (Noon) PST
March 12	Mandatory Candidate & Campaign Orientation Meeting 7pm-8pm PST
April 06	Voting begins 12pm PST on MyUCLA
April 12	Voting ends 12pm PST on MyUCLA
April 13	Elections Board meeting to address grievances and approve of final results.

The GSA Elections Board looks forward to working with the UCLA graduate student community to make this election season a success. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns at elections@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu.

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See Previous Elections

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Elections Commissioner / Attorney General

​Akash Deep Singh
he/him/his
​3rd Year PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering

My secret talent is... "The ability to nap whenever I want."

​Committees:

• Chair, Elections Committee

Ongoing Projects:

• Increase student involvement in GSA elections
  
• Increase awareness of GSA's achievements among the student community
  
• Ensure that the decision making process is transparent and fair

​​elections@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Elections Commitee

1 Representative per Academic Council
2 Representatives from the Student Interest Board

Impartiality

The Elections Commissioner is a director position within GSA that does not report to any elected officer. Further, by taking on the role of Elections Commissioner, the graduate student commits to not participating in the election they organize. They cannot run for office and cannot submit a referendum for the student body to vote on.