Starting today, UC Berkeley students can begin casting their votes on elected representatives and referendums in the annual ASUC election.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Students can vote online via CalLink starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 13 or vote in-person at polling stations around campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The voting period ends Wednesday, April 15 at 11:59 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The senatorial and executive elections will operate on ranked-choice voting, in which students can list candidates in order of preference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Twenty-seven senatorial candidates will appear<\/a> on the ballot, and the 20 candidates who receive the most votes will become ASUC senators for the 2026-27 academic year. The senate controls the ASUC\u2019s $12 million budget and individual senators have campaigned on a wide range of platforms targeted toward students\u2019 experiences on campus.<\/p>\n Candidates running for five executive positions, along with transfer student representative<\/a>, will be on the ballot. Two of the positions, student advocate<\/a> and academic affairs vice president<\/a>, are uncontested elections. Candidates for the four contested positions participated in a debate<\/a> hosted by The Daily Californian on Friday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to the senatorial and executive candidates, three referendums will be listed on the undergraduate ballot: the Save Free Student Press initiative, which will increase the semesterly fee that financially supports the Daily Cal from $6.50 to $8.50 beginning in the 2028-29 school year; the STRONG Act, which promotes<\/a> the transfer student representative role to the ASUC\u2019s executive branch for the 2027-28 term;\u00a0and a proposition that, if passed, would call for campus to divest<\/a> from companies producing military technology.<\/p>\n