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First-Year Election
Opinions, Hearings, and Resolutions
Advisory Opinions
Advisory Opinions are opinions issued by the Student Government Supreme Court concerning any matter affecting the election that may not be included within the language of the Student Government governing documents. These opinions clarify the language of the code and offer the candidate a better understanding of election rules.
2022 First-Year Election
2021 First-Year Election
- 2021 SGSC Advisory Opinion 1 (pdf)
- 2021 SGSC Advisory Opinion 2 (pdf)
- 2021 SGSC Advisory Opinion 3 (pdf)
2020 First-Year Election
- 2020 SGSC Advisory Opinion 1 (pdf)
- 2020 SGSC Advisory Opinion 2 (pdf)
- 2020 SGSC Advisory Opinion 3 (pdf)
- 2020 SGSC Advisory Opinion 4 (pdf)
2019 First-Year Election
- 2019 SGSC Advisory Opinion 1 (pdf)
- 2019 SGSC Advisory Opinion 2 (pdf)
- 2019 SGSC Advisory Opinion 3 (pdf)
- 2019 SGSC Advisory Opinion 4 (pdf)
2018 First-Year Election
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 1 (pdf)
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 2 (pdf)
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 3 (pdf)
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 4 (pdf)
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 5 (pdf)
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 6 (pdf)
- 2018 SG Supreme Court Advisory Opinion 7 (pdf)
Hearings and Resolutions
All student submitted complaints can be viewed on the View Complaints page. There, you can view the "details" and "status" of each complaint, and additional notes regarding complaint status if applicable. If a hearing is deemed necessary, all hearing decisions rendered by the Student Government Supreme Court and published on the view complaints page.
2021 First-Year Election
- None
2020 First-Year Election
- None
2019 First-Year Election
- In Re Farias v. Puranik (pdf)
- In Re Bhosale v. Puranik (pdf)
2018 First-Year Election
- In Re 2018 First-Year Election Late Financial Disclosure 1 Submission (pdf)
- In Re 2018 First-Year Election Late Financial Disclosure 2 Submission (pdf)
- In Re Porter v. Al-Jadaa (pdf)
- In Re 2018 First-Year Election Late Financial Disclosure 3 Submission (pdf)
2017 First-Year/Transfer Election
- In Re Mismash vs. Samson (pdf)
- In Re 2017 First-Year Election Late Financial Disclosure 1 Submission (pdf)
- In Re Brady vs. Samson (pdf)
- In Re 2017 First-Year Election Late Financial Disclosure 2 Submission (pdf)
- In Re Gurfinkel V. Samson (pdf)
2016 First-Year Election
- In Re Lyu v Khan (pdf)
- In Re Lyu v Rahman (pdf)