Information for Tickets
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Overview
A ticket allows candidates to campaign jointly. This makes it easier to and provides an opportunity to collaborate with other potential members of Student Government before taking office.
No candidate may jointly campaign with another candidate unless they are both registered on the same ticket. For example, all the following would be prohibited unless a ticket was created:
- Candidate A making a post saying students should vote for Candidate B.
- Candidate A and Candidate B using a single brand to advertise a shared set of campaign goals.
A senatorial ticket is a ticket composed solely of candidates each campaigning for a Senate seat. An executive ticket is a ticket composed of either a single officer candidate or two officer candidates.
Every ticket must have a campaign manager who serves as the primary point of contact for administrative purposes and who is responsible for monitoring ticket expenses. A campaign manager must use this form to register a ticket.
The deadline to register tickets is February 28th at 11:59 PM (when filing closes).
Rules for Tickets
Below is a non-exhaustive list of rules every ticket must follow:
- No freshman or transfer students may campaign on a ticket.
- Each ticket must keep a record of all campaign expenses attributable to the ticket.
- No ticket may use Student Government resources, including its offices or meeting times, to engage in ticket building (i.e. organizing a campaign with others).
- Each ticket is required to campaign independently of all other tickets (Elections Code Section 2(7)(m)), whether executive or senatorial. Furthermore, an executive ticket may not endorse a senatorial ticket, and vice versa (Elections Code Section 2(2)(i-j)).
- The maximum size of a ticket is a quarter of the number of seats in the Senate. Currently, a ticket may not have more than 19 members. However, a smaller ticket may be more appropriate for your campaign (Elections Code Section 2(7)(l)).
- A ticket name may not be similar to another ticket name as to imply both tickets are directly related to each other (Elections Code Section 2(7)(h)).
