Elections for Cal State Fullerton’s Associated Students have four candidate pairs competing for the 2026-27 ASI president and vice president positions.
This year’s candidates include Jaspreet Kaur and Breanda Lopez, Elyse Ramos and Emily Clymer, Jennifer Morales and Nicole Nunez, and Cesar Mendoza and Sydney Yee.
A “Meet the Candidates” and presidential debate will be held on Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Becker Amphitheater.
Two voter block party events will also occur on March 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., featuring a student car show at Tuffy Lawn, and on Wednesday, March 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Becker Amphitheater.
Voting will open on Tuesday, March 10, at 8 a.m. and close Wednesday, March 11, at 8 p.m.
Students will vote using a single ballot, ranking their choices from most to least preferred for ASI president and vice president, as well as for members of the ASI board of directors.
There are 16 seats on the ASI board of directors, with two representatives selected from each of the university’s academic colleges — arts, business and economics, communications, education, engineering and computer science, health and human development, humanities and social sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics.
The College of Arts candidates include Joshua Lopez and Emma Rodriguez.
The College of Business and Economics candidates are Jocelyn Ambrose, Mason Box, Adam Moughnieh, Maddox Neville and Manaswini Surusomayajula.
Luca Romero is the only running candidate for the College of Communications.
For the College of Education, the candidates are Yahir Flores and Jennifer Tran.
Engineering and computer science candidates are Brandon Arzabal, Keoni Guerrero, Anirudh Mukherjee, Ruman Saiyed and Jasmine Yang.
The health and human development candidates are Savannah Miller, Mia Montalvo, Deniz Suzer and Aaron Vaquero.
For humanities and social sciences, the candidates are Mia Phao and Amy Westen.
The natural sciences and mathematics candidates are Shine Aung, Eugenie Bassilly, Nanziwe Bhebhe and Liam Ryals.
When voting for the board of directors, students will vote in the academic college in which they are enrolled. If a student is undeclared, they may choose which academic college to vote in.
If a student has multiple majors in different academic colleges, they must vote in their primary academic college.
To win, a candidate team must secure a majority of the total votes cast, defined as 50% plus one vote.
For the board of directors, the two top candidates from each academic college who receive the most votes in the instant-runoff voting will be declared winners.
According to Christina Cardenas, the director of Organizational Communication and Outreach at ASI, after voting closes, the results will be reviewed and certified within 24 hours following a formal review process to ensure accuracy and fairness.