March 18, 2026 - DASG Senate Election Certification and Complaint Decision Appeal Meeting

Call to Order

• Jayven called the meeting to order at 4:08

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Roll Call

#	Last	First	Present	Late	Absent	Online	Left Early	Excused
1	Huang	Jayven	x
2	Nguyen	James						X (On-Leave)
3	Ma	Alan	x
4	Ho	Chrissy	x
5	Tran	Hoang Anh Thu	x
7	Vongnakhone	Myles						X
8	Pyae	Min	x
9	Cacchione	Francesca Pia						X (On-Leave)
10	Manglona	Gabe	x
11	Lam	Caitlin	x
12	Brignetti	Ethan	x
13	Tai	Audrey	x
14	Yi	Ryan	x
15	Krawez	Kyle	x
16	Kao	Jacob	x
17	Soe	Thin Thida	x
18	Faisal	Aisyah	x
19	Chen	Jacob	x
20	Lieng	Tram	x
21	Guerrero Fernandez	Dali	x
22	Pedroza	Salvador	x
23	Ashebr	Blen	x
24	Serrano	Brandon	x
25	Blackman	Zander	x

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Public Comments

• Roman Averin:"Hello Senate members, my name is Roman Averin, candidate for Chair of Finance. I am making this statement regarding the two leftover campaign posters documented in the cleanup report.Prior to the deadline, I conducted a thorough two-to-three-hour sweep of the campus and successfully removed about 50 of my posters. I missed these two only because they were no longer in the locations where I originally secured them.The first poster was found lying flat on the ground. Because my securing method successfully held up for over 50 other posters, this poster was an anomaly. It was displaced by weather or unauthorized interference, blowing to a random area outside of my control.The second poster was found attached to a wall. I have already submitted photographic evidence to the committee showing where I originally hung this exact poster. I do not remember moving it to this location; additionally, I specifically checked the outside of the cafeteria multiple times (it seems to be the location in the photo), and it is unlikely that I have missed that. This strongly suggests it was taken down/blown away by the wind and improperly re-attached to this new wall by someone else.Because I executed an honest comprehensive cleanup, and because candidates cannot control acts of nature or third-party tampering, I respectfully ask the Senate to dismiss any penalties. Thank you for your time."
• Gabe Manglona : "Per Letter E of Article 5, Section 5 of the of the elections code. Any decision to reverse the decision of the admin committee shall require a majority vote as the facilitator. I will not be voting, so my opinions on this matter will not matter like.This is entirely the Senate's decision on whether or not they want to increase, decrease, or leave the penalty up."
• Maddie: "I want to start off by apologizing for any inconvenience I may have caused. However, I do think this is important to ensure a fair election.So thank you to everyone for taking the time to work through this small process. Before we get started, I want to reiterate what was said during the complaint meeting on March 6. On February 25th at 2:37 PM, I saw a candidate handing out lollipops to potential voters. The code clearly prohibits the use of food and beverages for campaign efforts.The candidate said they stopped distributing candy, but another candidate informed them of a potential violation on Wednesday. They waited until Thursday to ask and finally sent an email on Friday. The candidate waited until they distributed it and God gave them before stopping. By the time they did. Half of the voting period has already passed. The candidate also said they used only 360 laptops with the context of last year's elections. Most winning candidates got about 200 votes across two weeks. We had only half of that time. During such a short amount of time, and especially when a previous candidate won by just 16 votes. 60 is the big deal. There were also arguments of no direct privacy taking place, but avoiding explicit wording does not change the fact that does not change the fact that the candy still acts as a mental incentive. And how are we supposed to enforce a code if all it takes is avoiding a specific string of words. Additionally, the admin committee unanimously agreed that this is a violation of the code, and it's not a question of how big it was either. It's about the principle of violating the codes. They're there to prevent even the risk of influence, and it is not the responsibility. Is it not the responsibility of each candidate to know the codes? and abide by what it says, regardless of who said what. Punishments are supposed to be inconvenient when they like consequence or a lack of good consequence, a precedent will be set in the future when such violations are deemed dismissible. This will be a recurring thing. And frankly speaking, how can we trust someone to shoulder the big responsibilities of student government if they can't follow simple election codes?"

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Advisor Announcements

• Dennis: Hoping all goes well today.
• Mari: Dean of student development and EOPS. Sitting for Hyon-Chu who could not be here today. I am here to listen and to be supportive with open eyes and open heart to hear what students have to say.

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Senate Announcements

• Clarifications given regarding Buisness Item 1

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Business Item # 1

DASG Election Complaints Appeal - Allissa Lo

• Gabe presents findings.
  • Photo shared of lollipop attached to a piece of paper handed to students after listening to their pitch
  • Article 5 section 1.
  • Allissa Lo asked to stop handing out candies by committee . Committee decided on minor punishment by withholding 100% of reimbursement.
• Allisa Lo presents appeal
  • Went over the timeline and reached out to admin committee.
  • Admin committee gave 24 hours to stop handing out lollipops, which she complied with.
  • Requests reimbursement witholding be at 50% instead of 100%
• Discussion takes place
• Ethan motions to extend time by 5 minutes. Thin seconds: motion passed
• Zander motions to reduce reimbursement witholding to 50% Jacob seconds: motion passed
• Discussion takes place
• Ryan motions to extend time by 5 minutes. Kyle seconds: motion passed
• Discussion takes place
• Jacob motions to end discussion Chrissy seconds: motion passed
• Blind vote takes place to reduce the reimbursement withholding of 100% of the reimbursment to 50%.
• Blind Vote takes place

First	Last	Vote
Jayven	Huang	Yes
Alan	Ma	No
Chrissy	Ho	Yes
Hoang Anh Thu	Tran	Yes
Myles	Vongnakhone	Not Present
Min	Pyae	Yes
Blen	Ashebr	No
Zander	Blackman	Yes
Jasmine	Bremner	Yes
Ethan	Brignetti	Not Present
Kaitlynn	Chen	Yes
Jacob	Chen	Yes
Aisyah	Faisal	Yes
Dali	Guerrero Fernandez	No
Sing (Jacob)	Kao	Yes
Kyle	Krawez	No
Caitlin	Lam	Yes
Tram	Lieng	Yes
Gabe	Manglona	Abstain
Salvador	Pedroza	No
Lisa	Qian	No
Brandon	Serrano	Yes
Thin Thida	Soe	No
Audrey	Tai	No
Ryan	Yi	Yes

Total Tally
Yes	14	63.64%
No	8	36.36%
Abstain	1
Not Present	2	92.00% Present

Motion Passes 

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Business Item # 2

DASG Election Certification

• Gabe : Presents photos of posters.
  • 50% withholding for leaving posters up.
• Discussion takes place: less punishment with the posters on the floor. Small vote passes
• Min motions to take 25% of reimbursement for those on the pillars/walls Kyle seconds: Motion passes
• Discussion
• Thin motions extend time by 5 minutes Min seconds:time extended by 5 minutes.
• Kyle motions to amend to take 50% of reimbursement for those on the pillars/walls Thin seconds- motion failed
• Still 25% withholding of reimbursement
• Thin motions to extend time by 5 minutes, Chrissy seconds
• Ryan amends the motion to take 50% of reimbursement for those on the pillars/walls Thin seconds.
• Blind Vote takes place 

First	Last	Vote
Jayven	Huang	No
Alan	Ma	Yes
Chrissy	Ho	No
Hoang Anh Thu	Tran	Yes
Myles	Vongnakhone	Not Present
Min	Pyae	Yes
Blen	Ashebr	Yes
Zander	Blackman	No
Jasmine	Bremner	Yes
Ethan	Brignetti	Not Present
Kaitlynn	Chen	Yes
Jacob	Chen	No
Aisyah	Faisal	Yes
Dali	Guerrero Fernandez	No
Sing (Jacob)	Kao	Yes
Kyle	Krawez	Yes
Caitlin	Lam	No
Tram	Lieng	Yes
Gabe	Manglona	Yes
Salvador	Pedroza	Yes
Lisa	Qian	Yes
Brandon	Serrano	No
Thin Thida	Soe	Yes
Audrey	Tai	Yes
Ryan	Yi	Yes

Yes	16	69.56%
No	7	30.44%
Abstain	0	1
Not Present	2	92.86% Present

Motion passes 

Jacob motion to pass Chrissy second for the DASG election certification

Motion passes

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Public Comments

• Thin: Thank you for everyone for attending special meeting. Appreciation to the candidates , advisors and Senate.
• Kyle: I wish to take on the Mathmatical
• Mari: very impressed for have the respect , RIGO respect integrity and open discussions.
• Dennis:Election results published later today or early tomorrow. both results for internal as well
• Jayven- thank you for the

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Advisor Announcements

• Dennis: Election results up later today or early tomorrow, and also the internal officer applications which are due the second Friday of Spring quarter.  

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Adjournment

• Jayven adjourns the meeting at 5:40pm