With the recall saga finally over and the results of the ASUC general elections coming out tomorrow, the university news team would like to take a moment to reflect on this semester’s ASUC elections coverage.

The General Elections

During the ASUC General Elections, we often faced questions as to how to provide in-depth coverage of the candidates while still providing enough background information for new freshman and transfers experiencing their first elections seasons. The issue of including joke candidates in articles about ASUC Executive Offices also posed issues—should we even cover a candidate whose major platform is building a fence? Or do we owe it to our readers to provide equal coverage of all candidates listed on the ballot?

This year we tried to focus our profiles of candidates around issues pivotal to that office, while making mention of their other platforms as well. However, we are still unsure of whether this is in fact the best policy—as it sometimes kept us from focusing on issues that greatly differentiate candidates. (Click here to read more…)