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Samant wins presidency in USGA election

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By Hannah Richey on March 7, 2022 Campus, Kaleidoscope

The USGA election commission released the spring 2022 election results to Kaleidoscope.

Ritika Samant leads the initial results of the election for USGA president with 362 votes out of 707, which is 51.202% of the vote. Kyle Adams, who ran unopposed for executive vice president, leads with 645 votes, which is 91.231% of the vote.

The results are not final until the candidates are sworn in.

“I should note that while these individuals have accepted their position, the still must be sworn in before they officially take office,” said election commission committee member Derek Dang in an email.

Samant, a junior majoring in neuroscience, currently serves as USGA’s vice president of student services. Her platform focused on restructuring to address the root causes of issues within USGA.

She defeated Hannah Syed, a junior majoring in public health and biology and current College of Arts and Sciences senator. She campaigned on making the internal structure of USGA more efficient.

Marcus Curry Jr., a sophomore political science major and current CAS senator leads for the position of vice president of communications with 58.274% of the vote against Jonathan Baker, a junior majoring in public health.

Eunice Choe, a junior majoring in chemistry and current CAS senator, won vice president of student services unopposed. John Ellis Kuykendall, a junior majoring in business administration and neuroscience and current CAS senator won vice president of finance unopposed.

Only 707 votes were cast in this year’s election, a voter turnout of 5.73%. This is a sharp decrease from the last election which had a turnout of 12.43%.

The vote totals for each college’s senators are below. Each school has vacancies and open senate seat applications open March 9.

College of Arts and Sciences

Ayona Roychowdhury207
Anahita Maleknia185
Faris Haque181
Aaskah Sunkari169
Madeha Javed169
7 vacant seats

Collat School of Business

Michelle Diaz Ledesma45
Danny Truong39
Ashton Rosen34
Luke Statom34
Tanya Contreras32
Samin Uddin32
1 vacant seat

School of Engineering

Krusha Patel32
Anika Vennel29
1 vacant seat

School of Education

Marrisa Jones31
3 vacant seats

School of Public Health

Jonathan Baker22
1 vacant seat

School of Health Professions

4 vacant seats

School of Nursing

3 vacant seats
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I'm Hannah Richey, editor-in-chief of Kaleidoscope. I'm a senior philosophy major and double minoring in criminal justice and sociology. I love to write about politics and current events. When I'm not writing I can be found reading sociology and philosophy books or watching cooking videos (but never actually in the kitchen). You can contact me at hgrichey@uab.edu

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