2022 ASI Election Results are In

Canva Illustration by Marlene Garcia/ The Runner

Graciela Aguilar, Staff Writer

A campus wide email was sent to all California State University, Bakersfield students Wednesday April 6 at 8 a.m. to vote fort this years Associated Student Incorporated elections.

708 students voted and there was a 7.6% voter turnout according to ASI Elections Coordinator, Jason Watkins. This year’s voter turnout was much higher than the previous year’s percentage being at 2.6% of the student body.

However, ASI is still waiting on the outcome of the election for Vice President of Finance that resulted in a separate run-off election between Erick Plata Torres and Julissa Chavana. A run-off election was necessary in this case, because of the three candidates running with no candidates scoring a voting percentage of 50%.

With three initial candidates running for the position, Torres received a 48.9% of votes just barely missing the winning percentage of 50% that would have made him the outright winner. Julissa Chavana scoring 27.3% and Daniel Albiar 23.8%

Nonetheless, the new and updated Board of Directors for the 2022–23 year are: 

ASI President

Carson Vollmer

Executive Vice President

Maria Espinoza

Vice President Campus Life

Ramneet Dhillon

Vice President of Finance

Yet to be determined

Vice President of Legislative Affairs

Ignacio Castillo

Vice President of University Affairs

Daisy Alamillo

ASI Director Outreach

Kayla Medina

Director Athletics Engagement

Garrisen Freeman

Director Clubs and Organizations Outreach

Kenlee Calvin-Stoll

Director of Diversity Inclusion

Alejandro Romero

Director International Students and Relations

Wefaq Alshami

Director Social Media Marketing

Gabby Acosta-Tackett

Director Sustainability

Sarah Alame

Director Arts and Humanities

Yasmin Marcelo

Director Natural Science Mathematics and Engineering

Jacob Roper

The current ASI board will be taking applications for the positions that did not have candidates running April 11. This includes, Director of Community Outreach, Director of Student Support, Director of Students with Disabilities, Director of Graduate Students, Director of Public and Business administration, Director of Social Sciences and Education, and Director of Transfer Students.