FAQ

  • How to Vote

    Voting in an ASUCD election requires a computer, a web browser with Javascript enabled (most browsers have this on by default), and a valid UC Davis Kerberos ID. Voting is only open to undergraduate students. Elections are announced on the front page of this website, and when an election is in progress, you may visit this site and click the "Vote Now" link that appears or use the "Vote" tab at the top of any page. You will be asked to provide your Kerberos ID, and will then be taken to a series of pages where you will vote on presidential, senatorial, and/or ballot measures in a series of pages. The exact number of items which require voting varies depending on the election. You do not have to vote for anything for which you have no decision.

  • Obtaining Information about the Current Election

    Any election requires a certain amount of information to be provided to the voter, such as the full text of any ballot measure, as well as information regarding who is running for which office, and their mission statements. You can find information about the election by clicking on the "Candidates" and "Measures" tabs at the top of the page. Please be aware that the election is broken into three components: a Presidential race, a Senatorial race, and any number of ballot measures. Elections might not contain all these components together.

  • Learning More About Choice Voting

    Choice voting is a unique method of voting which yields a greater representation for a voter's preferences than does simple one half or two thirds majority voting. In the choice voting ballot progress, the voter is presented with all candidates running for an office, and the number of seats available for that office. To illustrate, a presidential election may have three candidates running for the office of the president, but there is only one seat (the president's role) available. On the ballot page, voters are asked to rank as many or as few candidates as they wish in ascending order (i.e. first, second, third). The advantage to this is that you can vote for the candidate you truly wish for without "throwing your vote away" if they're an unpopular candidate ("third party" candidate). Specifying more than one preference does not hurt your first preference.

  • Learning More About ASUCD

    You can find out more about ASUCD by visiting http://asucd.ucdavis.edu.

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